On Ranked servers I usually get shot down before I can dogfight much. In SP when I practice, I use both. Keep the weapon on the bombing recticle and just use the gun so he doesn't immediately know it's another plane and quick switch to missiles once he's dropped flares and I have a clear shot at his exhaust.
i had the most ubar leet pilot ever tonight in the bomber.
he rolled and banked all over the place so i wouldn't have the slightest chance of hitting anything with the gunner missles. he flew over only unoccupied flags, shooting his gun at the empty vehicles for no reason. and he kept trying to hit tanks and apcs with his air to air missles.
best. pilot. ever.
p.s. i miss 9/10 times with missles in a dogfight. if i shoot someone down it was with a gun.
I often shoot with the gun since the missles are useless when the enemy plane in a dogfight seems to let out flares every fifth second. when I bump in to a chopper I like to use my bombs. They're really effective