Air combat manoeuvring (also known as ACM or dogfighting) is the tactical art of moving, turning and situating a fighter aircraft in order to attain a position from which an attack can be made on another aircraft. It relies on offensive and defensive basic fighter manoeuvring (BFM) in to gain an advantage over an aerial opponent.
Historical overview
Military aviation appeared in World War I where aircraft were initially used to spot enemy troop concentrations, field gun positions and movements. Early aerial combat consisted of aviators shooting at one another with hand held weapons. The first aircraft to be shot down by another aircraft, which occurred on October 5, 1914, was a German Aviatik. The pilot, Feldwebel Wilhelm Schlichting, was shot with a hand gun wielded by observer Louis Quenault, riding in a Voisin Type 3 piloted by French Sergeant Joseph Frantz.
The need to stop reconnaissance by enemy aircraft rapidly led to the development of fighter planes, a class of aircraft designed specifically to destroy enemy aircraft.
Air Combat(エアーコンバット,Eā Konbatto), later known as Ace Combat(エースコンバット,Ēsu Konbatto) for the Japanese PlayStation versions, is a semi-realistic flight-simaction game released by Namco in Japan in 1992 (and in the United States in 1993) for their Namco System 21 "Polygonizer"arcade system, and ported to the PlayStationhome video game console in 1995; similar to Ridge Racer (which was released the year after), this game was the predecessor of the PlayStation series, and all subsequent games would adopt the Ace Combat name. The game mainly involves dog fighting over three levels of play - Cadet, Captain and Ace. The game later gained an arcade-exclusive sequel, Air Combat 22, in 1995; it was named because it ran on Namco System 22 polygon hardware, and it also allowed the player to choose from three different types of aircraft at the start of the game.
Story
A terrorist force starts an uprising (and inflicts massive damage across an unidentified country, later retconned to Skully Island which is part of the continent of Usea); efforts to defeat these terrorists through conventional means have failed and the situation turns desperate. In response, a mercenary air force is assembled to take the fight against the enemy and free the nation from the terrorist forces.
Players can control one of three aircraft, namely the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Sukhoi Su-27 and the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, with the last being proposed at the time the game was released. It was available as either a conversion kit for the original Namco System 21Air Combat cabinet, or a dedicated deluxe cabinet (measuring 78" high, 43" wide and 111" deep).
So far the only tailless stealth designs have been bombers, rather than fighters expected to engage in aggressive air-combat manoeuvres ... The GlobalCombat Air Programme, in which the UK, Italy, Japan ...
China on Wednesday carried out a combat patrol to ... On Wednesday, the Chinese military's Southern TheaterCommand said it had "organised a joint combat patrol in the sea and air space" near the area.
The exercise, which marked the first simulated air battle between these advanced fighter jets, featured close-range air combat manoeuvres ... the air forces.
\u201cNearing the dusk time while carrying out Combat Air Petrol at Halwara airfield I spotted 3 Sabres positioning to attack the base ... A full-fledged air combat developed,\u201d wrote Neb in his account of the air battle.
The event showcases the Navy’s combat prowess and capability with tactical manoeuvres, air power display, simulated combat operations and a Beating Retreat....
Authorities including the Air TransportSafetyBureau are investigating the circumstances of the crash ... The two aircraft will perform some air show style formation aerobatic manoeuvres before separating into the dynamic combat formation.
An air traffic control operator then replies ... 'The two aircraft will perform some air show style formation aerobatic manoeuvres before separating into the dynamic combat formation.
An air traffic control operator then replies ... 'The two aircraft will perform some air show style formation aerobatic manoeuvres before separating into the dynamic combat formation.
The highest level of combat ... During the three-week flight phase, they have to perform combat formation manoeuvres, fighter evasion, air defense, anti-jamming, convoy escort and vehicle interception.
... dogfighting 18,000ft in the air ... 'I love watching the pilots from RAF Coningsby practise combat manoeuvres ... Mr Helcoop says he 'loves' watching the pilots from RAF Coningsby practise combat manoeuvres.
“There will be additional training on air combat manoeuvring, tactical intercepts, close air support, suppression of enemy air defences and then all of that leading up to your mission qualification ...
According to DARPA, the trials were designed as a risk-reduction effort for its Air CombatEvolution (ACE) programme to flesh out how human and machine pilots can share operational control of a fighter jet to maximise its chances of mission success.
This, however, is likely to change – particularly for those who serve at sea or in the air. “I’m not alone in thinking that, in the future, human beings won’t be able to survive air combat,” he says.
Potter Leader-Enterprise
07 Aug 2024
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07 Aug 2024