I had a Iraqi 4-ship MiG-21bis escort msn a while ago, escorting a 3-ship Tu-22B's. Short-distance msn so flown mostly real-time.
Nice join-up with the bombers .. I kept my flight behind and above them. Our whole package ran into a 2-ship F-14 patrol which wasted no time
shooting AIM-54 and downed two of the bombers, and perhaps one of my MiGs. We merged and had a dogfight with the F-14 but none of my missile shots
(Atolls and Aphids) connected. Wingmen didnt score either, eventually me or one of the others got one F-14 with guns .. cant remember (was Sept '17).
Result: my flight disengaged with one lost and perhaps one more to AD on the flight back, one bomber survived. fun fun