Adopted by the U.S. Navy in 1957, this single-engine, 1,000-mph dogfighter downed 19 MiGs during the Vietnam War and was an accurate ... armed than the MiG. In dogfights I don’t know that ...

Airplanes have long played an important role in wars, conducting reconnaissance and bombing missions — as well as fighting each other in the skies. Close-quarters combat between aircraft is ...

The Cold War coincided almost perfectly with the rise of the jet age. In the denouement of ... enemy on the ground translated into the sky. Dogfights were often too close for missiles, so the ...

propeller-driven attack aircraft that became a standout workhorse for the U.S. military during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Designed late in World War II by Douglas Aircraft Company, it first flew ...

Read more: The F-35 was once trounced by F-16s in dogfights, but it just proved ... from combat losses to air-to-air guns in Vietnam after fielding jets without guns and relying solely on missiles.