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.
Is the jet stalling in the air as it fires?
no, it thrust vectoring
Thanks.
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.