Fighters' weaving

[FC99]

Originally Posted by Lagarto

The behavior of flights that are on escort duty seems fine as it is. The problem is the behavior of flights on other duties, like patrols, sweeps and the like, when the first flight is 'escorted' by the second flight, while they should simply fly on together.

That's what I meant with my question, what should those fighter flights that are "escorting" other fighters do. Problem is,as I see it, that there is no "correct" behavior in these situations. I can find WWII examples for just about anything mentioned in this thread, from fighters flying perfect formation to flights weaving all across the sky while giving the cover to other flights.