With all due respect, the Wildcat has seen several major changers that restricted it to a more anti air role as well as having the effective range of its AA cannons decreased.
As about the missiles...unless you are a stealth bomber jet, if you ever get hit by a wildcat missile, it is bad piloting. You are supposed to use the generous immunity window the flares give you to get out of sight or bellow radar. Depending on your choice of aircraft, you can then proceed to attempt to turn the tables on the wildcat, especially now that they nerfed the APS sentinels that could protect them.
The more recent wildcat guides out there advice against using the AA missiles because you are not going to ever hit anyone who knows what they are doing.
