Precisely! In a perfect world you'd have had me flying higher in a Pony or Corsair to vector you onto the goons and try to give you some high cover. 'Stang's probably a little better for the job because of the superior visibility.
Even without radar, you could probably defend an entire sector of the front with 5 fighters--2 pairs and a single. One pair intercepts, the second covers the interceptors and the odd man out flies high recon and calls out vectors. Call this winning hand "two pair, suicide king high."

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Flathat
'Black Dahlia'
No10 RNAS "The Black Flight"
Angel on your wing, devil on your tail