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From: gardiner@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David Gardiner)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: origin of "dogfighting"
Summary: Tail chasing
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Date: 22 Jun 89 11:50:47 GMT
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From: gardiner@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David Gardiner)
In WW I, people on the ground noted that the aircraft fighting above
looked like dogs chasing each others tails.  The analogy stuck.

At least, this is the story I heard on a VCR I rented (title had something
to do with Aces).

David Gardiner
U of MN CSci Dept.