When you are on an aircraft that has all of the defensive capabilities of a typical civilian Cesna or 767, you probably don't make hand gestures at armed aircraft regardless of the provocation - at least, not when they can see you. That is, unless you are very stupid.
You invoke the only defensive weapon you have ("Yo - God - me here; yeah, it's been a while, but I got a situation here..."), you fly straight and true and you get the hell out of there. You then make use of the head and try and get your hands to appear steady.
I cannot say what the Air Force practice is; I cannot say what contemporary practices are. That would have been how the Navy handled it in the Med off the coast of Libya. It is also how it was handled in the Black Sea, which certain nations got a little testy about people flying over.
Last edited by PornoDoggy at Mar 8 2003, 09:50 AM