Essentially the way I look at games..
Always trying something different, perfecting it, if it works well enough.. 'going for broke' most times and most times managing to get back to base looking like a sieve with many pieces missing.
My biggest kick, as you say, is hitting on superior numbers and getting out of it.. somehow.
What I found very trying, is with others who wish to enforce 'their rules' of tactics and flying.. takes the fun out of it. Do this with an organised war map, fine.. but not all the time - it is a game after all.