That and it's firing flares which is a decoy for heatseeker missiles.
It's done during airshows but also during training.
It's common during evasive maneuvers to drop flares and chaff (radar decoy) even if dogfighting outside the minimum engagement range of missiles.
I am certain Iran's F-4 Phantoms are fully capable of doing maneuvers like that, well after their pilots punch out anyway and they'd be smoking way more than normal.
no, it thrust vectoring
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That and it's firing flares which is a decoy for heatseeker missiles. It's done during airshows but also during training. It's common during evasive maneuvers to drop flares and chaff (radar decoy) even if dogfighting outside the minimum engagement range of missiles.
Very interesting. I didn't know about any of that.
I am certain Iran's F-4 Phantoms are fully capable of doing maneuvers like that, well after their pilots punch out anyway and they'd be smoking way more than normal.