Picture 1. Flare gun vs. a clueless Mig fighter with left wing slammed into water while approaching the desperate pilots. Surprisingly, the size of the Mig fighter is not a fear factor in this scenario (chuckling)
Picture 2. See how an aerobatic pilot can do with a plane (most likely auto-pilotted) equipped with windowless cockpit.
Picture 3. The readers probably buy it if the soldier is not holding the firing tank main gun. How the heck did he get up there?