A dogfight or dog fight is aerial combat between fighter aircraft. The term originated during World War I (one). In this time, aircraft are initially used as mobile observation vehicles and early pilots gave little thought to aerial combat—enemy pilots at first simply exchanged waves. Intrepid pilots decided to interfere with enemy reconnaissance by improvised means, including throwing bricks, grenades and sometimes rope, in hopes of entangling them in the enemy plane's propeller. This progressed to pilots firing hand-held guns at enemy planes. Then machine guns were mounted to the plane, either on a flexible mounting or higher on the wings of early biplanes. Now the era of air combat begins.....And that is called DOG FIGHTS.
Oswald Boelcke was the first to analyze the tactics of aerial warfare, resulting in a set of rules known as the Dicta Boelcke. Many of Boelcke's concepts, conceived in 1916, are still applicable today, including use of sun and altitude, surprise attack, and turning to meet a threat.
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