Originally Posted by Adlerdriver

But, he doesn't - he just put the knife in his teeth and committed to the phone booth with thrust and alpha available and then he goes aggressively down and opens the fight back up. Either those external tanks are seriously restrictive, he was power limited by scenario or maybe he's just the squadron slug (possible former F-16 driver?? ... I keed, I keed).
That's about all the Monday morning QB stuff I can muster - nothing like having the world debrief your BFM. After 5 years flying Eagles in Europe, the only thing French I still respected was their EA/EP.