dogfighting
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1. dogfighting - Noun
2. dogfighting - Verb
Meaning
A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
Dogfighting is illegal in most countries.
(military, aviation) Close combat between two military aircraft.
dogfighting
present participle of dogfight
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Because the Navy already had the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for ground attack and F-8 Crusader for dogfighting, the project now had to fulfill the need for an all-weather fleet defense interceptor.
His considerable dogfighting prowess is shown in the Battle of Yavin when he saves Luke Skywalker by shooting down a TIE fighter that Luke had been unable to shake off.
In July 2015, an F-35 pilot commented that the helmet may have been one of the issues that the F-35 faced while dogfighting against an F-16 during a test; "The helmet was too large for the space inside the canopy to adequately see behind the aircraft.
The strong box structure of the biplane provided a rigid wing that allowed the accurate lateral control essential for dogfighting.
This removed the main Luftwaffe precision-bombing weapon and shifted the burden of pinpoint attacks on the already-stretched Erpro 210. The Bf 110 proved too clumsy for dogfighting with single-engined fighters, and its participation was scaled back.
Motive Studios and Lucasfilm took us inside the cockpit of Star Wars: Squadrons, revealing a six-minute gameplay video of the upcoming first-person space dogfighting game along with new gameplay details.