Well done! The enemy aircraft has been destroyed!

But we have just received intelligence about another attempt by Syria to gather intelligence.

An Il-38 May and a Tu-22 Backfire are headed towards us and you must destroy them.

With the aircraft damage scenario setting activated these aircraft are tough targets, especially if engaged with short-range missiles that have a smaller warhead or cannon fire. This is also true for many multi-engine aircraft, that can fly with one or more engines destroyed.
As these aircraft are unarmed, I suggest you engage them with AIM-120 AMRAAM or AIM-7 Sparrow missiles.