Harrier thrust vectoring in air-to-air combat?

"Frank May" wrote in message

VIFF = Vectoring In Forward Flight. I've read that Sea Harriers in The
Falklands used VIFFing in combat with Argentine Mirages/Daggers.
Especially effective when one was on a Harrier's tail.

While VIFFing does exist, its use in the Falklands was an invention of some
newspaper, based on talking to pilots who were not actually in the action.

Sea Harrier pilots who were involved are unanimous that VIFFing was NOT used
in the Falklands. There simply wasn't any reason to use it, since the
Argentine fighters never maneuvered aggressively enough to put the Harriers
on the defensive.

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