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From: robert%island@uunet.UU.NET (Robert Leyland)
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Subject: Re: dogfighting
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Date: 8 Jun 89 01:01:56 GMT
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From: robert%island@uunet.UU.NET (Robert Leyland)



In article <7163@cbnews.ATT.COM> rshu@ads.com (Richard Shu) writes:
>From: rshu@ads.com (Richard Shu)
>Can anybody supply reference material on fighter performance and tactics?  
>Stuff like 
>- specific energy and specific power
>- what a Luftberry is
>- meeting engagements (one circle vs. two circle fights)
>I have some material on the above.  I'm interested in finding more detailed
>sources.  Also, the material I have focuses on 1 on 1 fights and doesn't
>say anything about what the wingman's role is.  Finally, I'm interested in
>finding out what a fighter does when escorting a bomber, especially what
>he does if a missile (SAM or AAM) is fired at him/the bomber.  What does
>the bomber do?
>
>Rich

I believe that the best reference for modern fighter combat is:-

Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering, by Robert L. Shaw, 1985
	Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, ISBN 0-87021-059-9

This has very good stuff about 1v1 and 2v1 engangements, as well as some
comments about unlimited fighter engagement.

There is however a lot of armed forces terminology. It seems the military loves
their TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms). Which makes it hard reading in places,
fortuneately there is a good glossary.


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