He defeated his opponent by pulling up into a tight chandelle, to gain an altitude advantage before diving and firing.

This was a significant achievement for an F-5 pilot, as the MiG-25 is a much bigger and faster aircraft with a substantial altitude advantage.

Due to its slight altitude advantage, both of Redditch's water towers were built in Headless Cross.

"Perhaps we should return to the riverbank, Craag-the-warrior," Brappa screeched, proud that he had gained an altitude advantage.

Most of the German bombers had passed over and had an altitude advantage over French fighters trying to gain height to intercept.

If the attacker has a significant altitude advantage, a high-side guns pass is usually prudent.

What point having the altitude advantage over the enemy if you did not know whether he had turned?

The 56th used tactics it called "dive, fire, and recover", attacking German fighters from a higher altitude, taking advantage of its tremendous diving speed, then zooming back to gain altitude advantage.

At longer BVR range, the probability of a successful missile intercept is improved by launch at high energy, kinetic (the aircraft's speed towards its target) and potential (altitude advantage).

Hornets CAG, Stanhope C. Ring, kept the group's fighter escort at high altitude in order to cover the dive bombers and to give the Wildcats an altitude advantage.