^ H.A.W.X is joke. It is dumb ass game with no realism in controls. The damn thing is that every plane will control in the same way.
The main thing is to drift. The same way you would do to the cars in games like GRID. When you are about to take turn or trying to blast some thing. Just slow down. Don't haste.
In detail,(I'm referring default controls for Keyboard) when you just missed a target, press and hold S reduce the plane's speed and press q or e(depend on the target) and completely move the mouse in the respectable direction. If the target is right behind you, Choose to turn leftside insted of right If you are a right hand user and vice versa.
I'll recommend going to cockpit view, if the targets are close enough. And if you are
descending while trying to aim at the target, I'll recommend you going to slow down and not being a asteroid.
And finally try practicing the drifting in the initial levels as you will be having less hurdles.
And these are purely my opinions.