Featured in dogfightBYTeam MightySep 28, 2022ShareThe longest dogfight in history took place over two hours in the Middle EastWhen Lebanon descended into civil war in 1975, Israel knew it wouldn’t be long before it would bear the brunt… BYTeam MightySep 28, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022ShareThis 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… BYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022ShareBYTerry LloydAug 5, 2022ShareWhen the bomber boys went at it: Dogfights in slow motionConsidering World War II was the largest conflict in human history, it is not surprising that some really bizarre episodes… BYTerry LloydAug 5, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyMay 2, 2023Share7 thoughts a fighter pilot has during a dogfightRequirements 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… BYTeam MightyMay 2, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2023ShareThe last dogfight between propeller airplanes happened in Central AmericaIn 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought a brief but explosive war that lasted 100 hours. It is sometimes called… BYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2023ShareBYSandboxxJun 8, 2020ShareDrone Dogfight: Air Force plans to pit manned fighter against a drone next yearThe 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… BYSandboxxJun 8, 2020ShareBYSandboxxMay 5, 2020ShareG-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… BYSandboxxMay 5, 2020ShareBYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareThe first aerial dogfight was between two American mercenariesThe 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… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareBYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareHead of Air Force’s Air Combat Command dogfights his son on TwitchThe 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… BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareBYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareAir Force claims latest sky penis was the result of a dogfightUS 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… BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareBYBusiness InsiderApr 26, 2018ShareThe F-35 in Japan is still losing dogfights to F-15sThe most expensive weapons system in history, the US’s F-35 Lightning II, is still sometimes losing to the 1970s F-15 in dogfights during training scenarios in Japan. US Air Force F-15 pilot Capt. Brock McGehee, when BYBusiness InsiderApr 26, 2018Share
BYTeam MightySep 28, 2022ShareThe longest dogfight in history took place over two hours in the Middle EastWhen Lebanon descended into civil war in 1975, Israel knew it wouldn’t be long before it would bear the brunt… BYTeam MightySep 28, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022ShareThis 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… BYMiguel OrtizSep 16, 2022Share
BYTerry LloydAug 5, 2022ShareWhen the bomber boys went at it: Dogfights in slow motionConsidering World War II was the largest conflict in human history, it is not surprising that some really bizarre episodes… BYTerry LloydAug 5, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyMay 2, 2023Share7 thoughts a fighter pilot has during a dogfightRequirements 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… BYTeam MightyMay 2, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2023ShareThe last dogfight between propeller airplanes happened in Central AmericaIn 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought a brief but explosive war that lasted 100 hours. It is sometimes called… BYTeam MightyFeb 14, 2023Share
BYSandboxxJun 8, 2020ShareDrone Dogfight: Air Force plans to pit manned fighter against a drone next yearThe 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… BYSandboxxJun 8, 2020Share
BYSandboxxMay 5, 2020ShareG-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… BYSandboxxMay 5, 2020Share
BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020ShareThe first aerial dogfight was between two American mercenariesThe 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… BYBlake StilwellApr 29, 2020Share
BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareHead of Air Force’s Air Combat Command dogfights his son on TwitchThe 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… BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020Share
BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareAir Force claims latest sky penis was the result of a dogfightUS 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… BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020Share
BYBusiness InsiderApr 26, 2018ShareThe F-35 in Japan is still losing dogfights to F-15sThe most expensive weapons system in history, the US’s F-35 Lightning II, is still sometimes losing to the 1970s F-15 in dogfights during training scenarios in Japan. US Air Force F-15 pilot Capt. Brock McGehee, when BYBusiness InsiderApr 26, 2018Share
