Dogfight tactics really haven’t changed since World War II. Yet to make a judgement of two airplanes using basic performance numbers doesn’t do either airplane justice because the evaluation fails to take into account the physics and aerodynamics of aerial combat. which plane has a better rate of climb or flies faster. MOST comparisons of aircraft focus on a numerical evaluation, i.e. (Image source: National Archives) “Once the fight begins, the outcome is determined by a pilot’s experience in the air, his tactics and the airplane itself.” In the century plus since airplanes first took to the skies to do combat, the term “dissimilar aircraft maneuvering” or DACM, “hassling,” “furball” and “three-dimensional knife fight” have all be used to define a battle between two or more flying machines. The term “dogfight” was first used in World War I. A Navy Hellcat toting a drop tank shoots down a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
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