R-27ER still guiding after the launching plane was destroyed

[LetMePickThat]

Flying the MiG-29A, I encountered a situation where my R-27ER continued homing and destroyed an F-14 after I had been shot down by said F-14. At first, I suspected a lucky balistic flight, but the missile is actively pulling Gs and correcting even if target illumination stopped because I was hit by the Phoenix.

 

 

 

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[Hobel]

vor 4 Stunden schrieb LetMePickThat:

Flying the MiG-29A, I encountered a situation where my R-27ER continued homing and destroyed an F-14 after I had been shot down by said F-14. At first, I suspected a lucky balistic flight, but the missile is actively pulling Gs and correcting even if target illumination stopped because I was hit by the Phoenix.

 

 

 

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Did the F14 have ECM activated?

[LetMePickThat]

1 hour ago, Hobel said:

Did the F14 have ECM activated?

That's hard to say, because I was pretty close and at a shorter than burnthrough range. I did not see any ECM strobe on scope while closing in, but the F-14 has been using EW on and off in this scenario over multiple runs so it's possible that it was on this specific time and that I simply didn't notice. 

I am aware that the R-27ER has an HOJ mode, but that doesn't seems to be the case here since I locked on a pure radar target, and not a strobe. Unless I misunderstood how HOJ works - which is possible since I've only used it a few times, and exclusively on the Su-27.

Edited 2 hours ago by LetMePickThat