air-to-air battle

It will also engage into air-to-air battle with a friendly helicopter (if there is any).

However, the all-missile fighter had shown some serious drawbacks in the initial air-to-air battles over Vietnam.

Naval air combat requires that an air-to-air battle is fought if either player has fighters allocated to defending their ships.

They were also involved in many air-to-air battles with German aircraft, while it was in this theatre that the Australians first encountered anti-aircraft fire.

This claim is disputed by the PAF who admit to having lost seven F-86 Sabres during the whole 23 days but only three of them during air-to-air battles.

The actions were among few air-to-air battles in the early phase of the war as the North Koreans, realizing their aircraft were outmatched, quickly stopped using them aggressively against the UN.

The engagement was a rare example of an air-to-air battle at the early phase of the war, and North Korean forces became much more cautious when deploying their aircraft in battle, knowing they were easily outnumbered and outmatched by UN forces.