I use the "enhanced" padlock, which will cycle through everything within a certain radius (I think 8nm) regardless of my field of vision, and also puts a colored box around the target indicating their allegiance (red for enemy, blue for friendly, and green for what I assume are neutrals).
Now if I can just knock China back out of the war and regain my air superiority, I wouldn't have to deal with these A2A engagements and can go back to moving mud.
