Charles Talleyrand wrote:

Imagine four your favorite combat aircraft of 1963 going up
against four modern F/A-18s in a BVR engagement. Suppose
that the 1963 pilots were smart and willing to employ the best
tactics available. Even so we suppose the F-18s win almost
every engagement.

But how close is it? Can the 1963 aircraft get a radar lock on
their enemy (and what about modern jamming)? Can they get
to within knife-fight radius? Will they ever see the enemy or even
get shot off?

Basically, how does the combat go?

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Likely no
different than how the Japanese Zero's did against F-14's
in the 1980 movie, "The Final Countdown," starring Kirk Douglas,
Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, and the nuclear aircraft carrier
USS Nimitz.

-Mike Marron