A Su-35C fighter © Vitaliy Ankov / Sputnik
RT: Russian pilot: We were always ‘on the tail’ of US-led coalition planes during Syria encounters
Russian pilots always managed to get behind the opponent’s plane when they encountered US-coalition fighter jets in the Syrian air, a Russian ace said after receiving a state award from President Putin at the Kremlin.
“When meeting our partners from the Western coalition in the air, we always found ourselves ‘on their tails’ as the pilots say, which means victory in a dogfight,” Russian Airspace Forces major, Maksim Makolin, said.
The so-called ‘lag pursuit’ when the nose of an attacking plane points at the tail of the opponent’s aircraft is considered the optimum location in an aerial fight. It allows the plane at the back a range of options, from increasing or maintaining range without overshooting to freely attacking, all the while remaining concealed in the blind spot behind the defending aircraft.
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WNU Editor: I am sure that the U.S. planes permitted them to do this during their missions .... and I am also sure that these U.S. pilots are watching very closely what these Russian jets are exactly doing on each "encounter".
