Dogfight (disambiguation)
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A dogfight
is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft.
Dogfight may also refer to:
Film and television
Games
Toys
Other uses
Dogfight
A dogfight, or dog fight, is a form of aerial combat between fighter aircraft; in particular, combat of maneuver at short range, where each side is aware of the other's presence. Dogfighting first appeared during World War I, shortly after the invention of the airplane...
is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft.
Dogfight may also refer to:
- Dog fightingDog fightingDog fighting is a form of blood sport in which game dogs are made to fight, sometimes to the death. It is illegal in most developed countries. Dog fighting is used for entertainment and may also generate revenue from stud fees, admission fees and gambling....
, a blood sport in which dogs are involved to attack each other
Film and television
- Dogfight (film)Dogfight (film)Dogfight is a 1991 film set in San Francisco, California, during the Vietnam War , stars River Phoenix and Lili Taylor and was directed by Nancy Savoca....
, a 1991 film - Dog Fight (film)Dog Fight (film)Dog Fight is an upcoming comedy film directed by Jay Roach, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, as two Southerners vying for a seat in congress to represent their small district...
, a 2012 film - Dogfights (TV series)Dogfights (TV series)Dogfights is a military aviation themed TV series depicting historical re-enactments of air-to-air combat that took place in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as smaller conflicts such as the Gulf War and the Six-Day War...
, a documentary program - Dogfight (Gladiators)Dogfight (Gladiators)Dogfight was an event played during the initial UK series of Gladiators. In this event, contender and Gladiator battled in the air, suspended from zeppelin airships.-Rules:...
Games
- Dogfight (1980 computer game)Dogfight (1980 computer game)Dogfight is an aerial combat video game released for the Apple II computer in 1980. A later version, Dogfight II, is copyrighted 1983. It is essentially a shoot 'em up style game, with the player controlling an aircraft which they can steer in one axis and shoot...
, for the Apple II - SGI DogfightSGI DogfightDogfight is a demonstration program initially written by Gary Tarolli at Silicon Graphics, Inc. It represents landmarks in two key areas of Internet development: games and multicasting, and notable advancement in creating rendered virtual environments.Dogfight might more properly be referred to as...
, a 1985 game for SGI workstations - Dogfight (1993 computer game)Dogfight (1993 computer game)Dogfight is a video game of the combat flight simulation genre released in 1993 by MicroProse. As the subtitle 80 years of Aerial Warfare suggests, the game featured simulation of aerial combat starting from World War I biplanes, right through to modern fighter jets.In the USA, the game was...
, for DOS, Atari and Amiga - Dogfights: The GameDogfights: The GameDogfights: The Game is a free episodic, combat flight simulator PC game that is based on the History Channel television show Dogfights. Developed by Kuma Reality Games, a developer which primarily makes freeware games; Dogfights: The Game is distributed in episodes freely through Kuma Reality...
, a 2007 PC game based on the TV series - Dogfighter (2010 computer game)Dogfighter (2010 computer game)DogFighter is an action aerial combat video game for Microsoft Windows.Developed by independent video game developer Dark Water Studios based in Derry, Northern Ireland, DogFighter is digitally distributed through Valve's Steam game client for Windows...
, for Windows
Toys
- Dogfight (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
- Dogfight (Transformers)a fictional character in the Transformers universe
- Dog Fighter, a series of electric off-road radio-controlled cars by YokomoYokomois a Japanese company from Adachi, Tokyo that specialize in radio-controlled cars, it was one of the first manufacturers in Japan to build RC cars and it also invented the RTR cars, but most notable of all is their long-running "Dog Fighter" series of radio controlled buggies, mainly through its...
- Yokomo YZ-834B, the first of a series of cars also named Dog Fighter
Other uses
- "Dogfight" (short story)Dogfight (short story)"Dogfight" is a short story written by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson, and first published in Omni in July 1985.-Plot:A lonely ex-shoplifter who suffers from a neural block preventing him from returning to his hometown of Washington, D.C., finds a female friend, whose parents have set a neural...
, by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson - "DOGFIGHT", a song by M.o.v.e