Aseem

Thank you, this was it. In case anyone else was interested, the option is labelled "Jump to free camera".

At about 2:35 in this video, while following the maverick missile (F6), the player is able to freeze the camera's position and pan around, rather than following it all the way to target - at which point it eventually resets. Does anyone know how to freeze the weapon view camera at a chosen point in time like this?