Air Search radar raised (it may not matter, but I swear I spot planes a lot sooner with it up), never above 512x time compression when within aircraft patrol ranges (which I consider to be about 1,700 NM from any Japanese occupied areas), and I ignore that I have AA weapons.
Haven't had a plane get the drop on me yet, they're typically several thousand yards out when I get a radar hit / lookout alert. Then, it's simply ahead flank, crash dive, hard to whichever-direction-feels-good-at-the-time. Don't bother fighting 'em, just RSLG (Run Screaming Like a Girl).
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The only sound that still scares me to this day...
The silence when the pinging stops. 
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