High deflection, 1.7 G, no lead, nose low, flight path marker buried even lower, 179 ias, huge HCA, no energy . . .
Gun kill? I doubt it. Looks more like a stall recovery. Any bullets coming out of that airplane are going to the bottom of the screen.
Hornet was probably already a mort and Raptor was moving on to next target.
AA Cunningham keeps putting out that silly photo. Somebody explain to him what "lead" is - he seems unclear on the concept. Anybpdy can bunt a reticle dot on the target - it doesn't mean the bullets are going there. He just can't accept the fact that the Navy is stuck with old, non-stealthy aircraft. He should stop embarrassing himself.
I like what you said ;-)
Serious question follows: It appears to me (I suck at photo inter.) that the Raptor is flying from left to right, crossing below the Hornet flying right to left. How the H@LL do you get a lock-up (or a gun kill) with those physics? [aside from a golden BB scenario]
I think your scenario that the Hornet is a mort is a good one. Perhaps the Raptor jock was offering a "you're number 1" moment to the Hornet driver, or vice versa.