Me: F/A-18F with 2 x AIM-9X and 8 x AIM-120
Opposition: Four F-5F Tiger IIs with gun and IRIS-T
Well... it started off neutral and by the time I turned into them all four were literally pointing at me like daggers. It had been a few days so my mind had to shake off the rust as I got over the initial shock and got down to business. The first order of business: Cut down the opposition. I managed to maneuver on my first kill, firing a 9X killing it. Moving on to the next one that was moving northwards then sharply turning to the east, with me firing a 9X. By this time the third Tiger II was coming up on my rear trying to setup for either a guns or missile kill, so I went vertical with him overshooting me. Somehow I got behind him (or the fourth) and went for an AMRAAM kill. Well... I missed due to the fact that the Tiger II was really close and the AMRAAM couldn't maneuver fast enough. Okay fine, I then overshot and broke out by going over the top out of a possible solution and managed to reacquire and shoot him down. The last one... not sure what was on his mind as he stayed low while I maneuvered unsuccessfully for another AMRAAM kill. Managed to go over the top and finally nail him.
Takeaways. The F-5 in all it's variants is a tough plane, and very hard to see, even with IRIAF camo applied. It's small size allows for misjudgement at speed and had the third Tiger been more on the ball I would have gotten smoked easily. That and the fact that at the very start all were pointing right at me. Not something that makes you happy but even the Tiger can best the heavier fighters if in the right situation.