Re-acquiring target

[killerwhale]

I have always struggled how to re-acquire a target after I lose radar lock. This happens when I shot a missile, or he shot and I maneuver.  Are there any tips and tricks to this. The sky is massive, is he to your left, to your right, how high or low is he, the task is daunting. Any tips?

[Ironhand]

Without knowing the actual circumstances (range, altitudes, etc), at a minimum, check your heading and remember it along with his relationship to it before you maneuver. He will be in that general direction. The greater the range, the less his general position will have changed. At close range, the converse is true.

If he was high, check mid-to-high altitude for him first, mid-to-low next. How much his orientation to you has changed will be a function of time and distance. Low time and high distance will leave him more or less where he was. High time, low distance is to be avoided for obvious reasons.