From the ATTACK contract:
• Wingmen will come off in the same direction as element leads, threat permitting.
• Off the target, the following priorities determine which aircraft has the right-of-way:
o Defending/defensive
o Lower flight position number
o Higher flight position number
• Off the target, the following priorities apply to egress:
o Complete the SEM
o Egress the threat area
o Egress the target area
o Terrain mask
o Re-establish mutual support
Notice that re-establishing mutual support is last on the list.
Generally, WEDGE is better suited to bombs/guns and SHOOTER/COVER attacks, but a low-altitude WEDGE/MAVERICK attack might be something like this:
- FL unmasks (bump up).
- WM turns to FL's unmask point.
- WM hears FL's RIFLE and unmasks (pop up).
- FL makes a hard 180 toward the egress direction, then a hard 90 in the opposite direction.
- WM calls RIFLE and makes a hard 90 in the egress direction.
From here, if your timing was good, you should be back in something resembling WEDGE, and an in-place 90 will get you moving in the desired direction.
Otherwise, consider using LINE when shooting Maverick. Sorting is easier, egress is simplified, and it's the best formation to be in if there's any kind of air-to-air threat.
Also, I keep hearing references to "rippling" Mavericks. You guys aren't actually doing that, are you? Two slews or 10 seconds on final is the limit on how long you want to be pointed at the target area while flying in a nice predictable straight line.
Because of the slant ranges involved and the acquisition time required, shooting more than one Maverick per pass is not a valid tactic unless you're using a LAU-88 with its Rapid Fire capability. The number of switch actions required to shoot two Mavericks from LAU-117s on the same pass results in a high probability of 1) completely fumbling the delivery; 2) exceeding time-on-final limits; and/or 3) pressing inside Maverick Rmin and/or lethal threat range. Don't do it.