AI is not a good gauge of how to fight BVR, the real deal is facing real players.
A simple snake manoeuvre in the Mirage works just fine against AI F-15C with AIM-120, i'm sure crank and dive works just as well, my time spent in the Mirage equals about 10mins but achieved this without too much problem, still a lot to learn but lock button and fire button work fine. :D Mirage v F-15.txt.rar