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 known as ...

A dogfight is a slang term used to describe any close-range aerial combat between military aircraft. It's typically credited with being coined during World War I when perhaps the first written account ...

Beyond-visual-range (BVR) fighting did not emerge as a significant aspect of aerial warfare until the 1950s, but it has become increasingly important as detection technology has advanced. The recent ...

Some 125 Indian and Pakistani fighter jets battled for over an hour in one of the biggest dogfights in recent history, according to a Pakistani security source quoted by CNN. If the numbers of ...