The longest dogfight in history took place over two hours in the Middle East
When Lebanon descended into civil war in 1975, Israel knew it wouldn’t be long before it would bear the brunt of some of the fighting. No stranger to conflicts with…
This historic battle inspired the final dogfight in the original ‘Top Gun’
The climactic battle of the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun saw U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats battle fictional MiG-28s flown by an unnamed nation. Interestingly, this movie dogfight was inspired by an…
When the bomber boys went at it: Dogfights in slow motion
Considering World War II was the largest conflict in human history, it is not surprising that some really bizarre episodes of armed combat occurred. From the start of the war…
7 thoughts a fighter pilot has during a dogfight
Requirements officers at the Pentagon and defense companies like to tout the “beyond visual range” capabilities of modern aircraft. On paper, these days a pilot could earn ace status and never see his or her opponents.
However, air wars…
The last dogfight between propeller airplanes happened in Central America
In 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought a brief but explosive war that lasted 100 hours. It is sometimes called “The Football War” because its outbreak coincided with a soccer…
Drone Dogfight: Air Force plans to pit manned fighter against a drone next year
The United States Air Force says they intend to pit an artificial intelligence-enabled drone against a manned fighter jet in a dogfight as soon as next year.
Although drones have become an essential part of America’s air power apparatus, thes…
G-Forces and Fighter Pilots: What’s it like to pull 9Gs?
G-forces don’t translate to the big screen, or to video games, but they are a major aspect of flying fighters. Movies like Top Gun show the characters easily moving around the cockpit while chatting on the radio during a dogfight. In reality, durin…
The first aerial dogfight was between two American mercenaries
The airmen of the United States have always been at the fore of airpower. But that didn’t start with the world wars or even the test pilots of the Cold War. The U.S. is the original home of powered flight, of naval aviation, and of aircraft innovat…
Head of Air Force’s Air Combat Command dogfights his son on Twitch
The commander of Air Combat Command and his son fought each other live on a Twitch stream in a combat flight action video game on June 29, 2019.
Gen. Mike Holmes pitted his skill with the F-15 against 1st Lt. Wade Holmes and his F-16 in this e…
Air Force claims latest sky penis was the result of a dogfight
US Air Force F-35s accidentally left behind phallic contrails in the sky after air-to-air combat training this week.
Two of the fifth-generation stealth fighters went head-to-head with four additional F-35s during a simulated dogfight, Luke Ai…