Is there any point to fire extinguishing on jets?

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I get shot in my MiG-15 and the engine catches on fire. OK, I hit 6. Fire goes out.

Now, my engine is still dead, so there was really no point in doing 6?

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Your engine isn’t the only thing with fuel in it…

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Depending on the situation you can glide back and land. Once in a while it actually saves you.

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If you have the altitude & speed, you can attempt to glide back to an airfield or aircraft carrier and attempt a crash landing.

With some practice, crashing on aircraft carriers is a pretty viable solution to engine out situations on maps with carriers (in simulator mode at least, but recent carrier changes should apply to RB too).

Sometimes fires will burn out your aileron control cables. In such situations, knowing how to turn with rudder (proverse roll) is crucial. Not sure if mouse aim can employ it to full effect tho, and it bleeds speed.