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noun
- 1. a close combat between military aircraft: "Sergeant Smith and a colleague were in a dogfight with an enemy aircraft"
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A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft that is conducted at close range. Modern terminology for air-to-air combat is air combat manoeuvring (ACM), which refers to tactical situations requiring the use of individual basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) to attack or evade one or more opponents. This differs from aerial warfare, which deals with the strategy involved in plann... Wikipedia