This need for improvement was not limited to air-to-air combat.
This was the first time an unmanned aircraft had been used in air-to-air combat.
During the first part of the war, there was no established tactical doctrine for air-to-air combat.
But the missiles were long and thin, meant for air-to-air combat only.
Iraq loses 10 aircraft in air-to-air combat during the day.
He'd spent eight years of his life so far training for only one thing: meeting an enemy pilot in air-to-air combat and shooting him down.
Experience showed that most air-to-air combat over Europe was taking place between these altitudes.
The unit did not suffer any losses in air-to-air combat.
All this was to counter Soviet threats in air-to-air combat.
This was the first instance of guided missiles being used in air-to-air combat.