air combat
Fighting in skies
Air combat is fighting between aircraft, typically military planes or helicopters engaging each other in flight.
The term covers everything from World War I dogfights between biplanes to modern engagements involving missiles fired from miles away.
The pilot had logged dozens of hours of air combat training.
Air-to-air combat and aerial combat are synonymous.
- dogfightClose combat between aircraft
- kill shotStrike that terminates target
- Immelmann turnAerobatic direction-reversing climb
- fighter jetArmed military aircraft
- interceptorAircraft that intercepts threats
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- wargamingminiatures, terrain, dice roll, rulebook, tactics
- Air ForcesLuftwaffe, RAF, squadrons, airmen, fighter jets
- warfarebattle, attack, war, armed conflict, military strategy
- aviation museumsaviation museums, military aircraft, aviation history, flight simulators, hangars
- Air Combatairstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, bomb run, Sparrow
air combatground combat
Fighting on terrain
naval combat · infantry combat · sea warfare · naval warfare · trench warfare
air combatcommercial flight
Scheduled passenger air travel
air travel · civil aviation · recreational flying · cargo transport · airline operations
air combatcommercial flight
Scheduled passenger air travel
humanitarian airlift · recreational flying · air transport · aerial survey · crop dusting