I don't consider myself particularly knowledgeable. I did some googling, but some of this stuff is simple strategy. The worst possible position to be in is to have an enemy directly on your 6. You have no offense and the enemy has every advantage and a perfect position to shoot you down... Despite that, both pilots make that happen. It does give a sense of tactics in the moment though, with each pilot fighting for advantage in dynamic and interesting ways. It's just not realistic in the slightest.

Regarding the bomb run itself, time is supposedly their greatest enemy... They have to push 500-600 knots through this narrow range. Why? Fly slower, a little safer, and just launch the missiles from the carrier a little later. All that matters is that the airfield gets hit just before they bomb the facility. But flying faster is cooler, so that's what they go for.

So again, still a fun movie. But best not to think too hard about the realism :)