This movie is one of my favourites...far more realistic than say Top Gun. They even use the Jolly Rogers' callsign accurately "Victory".
@coota
Isn't using Phoenixs a bit of an overkill ?1 Phoenix could probably buy dozens of Zero-Sens.
Sidewinders and the M61A1 alrady more than adequate to deal with them.
@Dave Hintgen
Weren't the Tomcats of that era(70s) using earlier Sidewinders like AIM-9D, G and H models instead of the L ?