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GoPro footage of a dogfight between Dutch F-16 and U.S. F-15 over the North Sea

June 3, 2015 David Cenciotti 9

Join a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 during aerial combat against a U.S. F-15. At the end of March 2015, 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard, from Jacksonsville, Florida, deployed to Leewuwarden air base […]

Rare insight into F-22 Raptor vs T-38 Talon aerial combat training at Langley

November 26, 2014 Todd Miller 19

This is how F-22 fighter pilots train to improve their air-to-air skills. The venerable T-38 Talon which first flew in 1959 (production ceased in 1972) has found new life as an adversary aircraft used to […]

How to survive in a dogfight, alone against six MiGs: the lesson learned from Richard Schaffert dogfight.

November 5, 2014 Dario Leone 13

An incredible air-to-air engagement, where one U.S. pilot alone survived to six North Vietnamese MiGs. A true milestone in the progress of naval aviation, the Vought F-8 has been one of the few carrier-based fighters […]

“No way an F-35 will ever match a Typhoon fighter jet in aerial combat” Eurofighter test pilot says

February 11, 2013 David Cenciotti 227

In an interesting piece by Flight’s Dave Majumdar, Bill Flynn, Lockheed test pilot responsible for flight envelope expansion activities for the F-35 claimed that all three variants of the Joint Strike Fighter will have better kinematic […]

F-16 MLU vs Eurofighter Typhoon

February 11, 2011 David Cenciotti 7

Last year I published the pictures taken at Decimomannu airbase during Starex exercise, of the kill markings on two MB.339CDs clearly showing the silhouettes of three (2+1) F-2000 Typhoons (virtually) shot down during training engagements […]