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From: pearce@tycho.yerkes.uchicago.edu (Eric C. Pearce)
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Subject: origin of "dogfighting"
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Date: 21 Jun 89 02:46:19 GMT
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From: pearce@tycho.yerkes.uchicago.edu (Eric C. Pearce)


Does anyone know just why its called "dogfighting" anyway?
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     - Eric C. Pearce
       Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago.
       
       e-mail: pearce@tycho.yerkes.uchicago.edu, pearce@oddjob.uchicago.edu
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[mod.note: Ever seen dogs fight ?  It's not unlike the confusion of air
combat.  Maybe someone can shed some light on the actual origins of the
term. - Bill ]