"The Tony: A fighter that stood a chance against the P-38 Lightning."
"I had just enough time to dip enough to see his features before I fired incendiaries and he was aflame."
"The Flying Tigers frequently came out as the victors in most engagements, dominating the skies above Burma."
"The He 111s proved more effective during combat operations than the Do 17 and Ju 86 aircraft."
"NATO forces wrest control of the skies over the front away from the Russians."
"Operation Bolo became known as the greatest aerial combat mission in the Vietnam conflict."
"I'm not particularly good at this, but even being sh*t, I still shot down 249 aircraft."
"The sun brace is built... stay in the air as long as you can and just rain Hell Fire down upon your enemies."
"An aerial victory against an enemy airplane is a career highlight for me and something that I'll never be able to beat."
"Drone swarm technology is hailed as the game-changer for future aerial combat, poised to reshape battlefield strategies and tactics."
"The Hellcat was a standout as it shot down more Japanese aircraft than any other fighter."
"The Corsair had the performance to match land-based fighters—an impressive feat at the time."
"It was the first plane to attack the Japanese and flew in the first offensive raid against them."
"As easy as shooting turkeys." - Commander Paul D. Buie describing Hellcat actions
"One single aircraft from Ukraine's armed forces is responsible for downing upwards of six Russian jets in one-to-one combats."
"Ace Combat 7 Sky's Unknown the I can't quite believe how good it looks continuation of everyone's favorite dogfighting series..."
"That's Hanz's third air-to-air kill. He's in a bomber. He's shot down half of the enemy team."
"The British fighters excelled in their high turning rates, a crucial advantage in engagements."
"The P-51 Mustang gave the Allies an aircraft that could stand and swing with the very advanced German fighters of the day."
"William Wissner shot down six planes in one day using the gyro sight."
"The beauty of the system is that kill hungry pilots will scramble over to you like they've just heard a dinner bell to try to kill something they perceive to be outdated and complete tapped."
"I wanna have some air superiority, you know?"
"Seeing allied Swords of Sanghelios Banshees dogfighting with enemy Banshees and Phantoms alongside you is so damn cool."
"The insect glaive remains one of the coolest and freest feeling weapons in Monster Hunter, with the ability to fly and fight target any body part."
"Witness our very first fully airborne battle to determine who is the next ruler of the skies."
"We need them in the front of the grouping. Fighters I figure we use kind of as skirfers to establish air superiority at least in some rough way."
"Contrast to Little Mac’s short-ranged, grounded playstyle and terrible air game, Spring Man / Ribbon Girl could be long-ranged boxers with a bigger emphasis on aerial mobility."
"The last time American jets really found themselves in a serious mid-air scrap was all the way back in 1991 over Iraq."
"Midair fights in Minecraft, literally a thing of legends."
"By the end of the Battle of Kursk in August, the Luftwaffe had seeded control over the skies. The Valkyries of Hitler's Germany would ride no longer."
"Every idea from any one of us is just as valuable as the next."
"The Suhoi 57 is probably the least likely fighter in the world that can be surprised by a stealth fighter."
"The F6F Hellcat enjoyed a decisive kinematic advantage over the A6M2 Zero."
"Although Germany made great attempts to counter the Allied aerial threat, the die was cast, and the Allies would finally overwhelm the Luftwaffe in a battle of numbers."
"The P-47 was the perfect hit and run fighter. Striking from above, often catching the enemy unaware, and using its speed advantage to escape."
"They were suckers. They didn't see the second airplane, a thousand yards behind, armed to the teeth."
"Folmar watches his plane get torn apart by MiG fire and fall like a rock into the ground, slamming into the sea in a monumental splash."
"We destroyed the luftwaffe primarily by engaging them in aerial combat."
"Walsh quickly recognized the strategic advantage of altitude, where the Corsair could dominate the Zero."
"Artificial intelligence, data fusion, stealth, and advanced weaponry are combining to shape the future of aerial combat."
"From the air, the Allied planes rained death and destruction on the German Army."
"Effective teamwork and strategic exploitation of the Soviet built Fighters vulnerabilities allowed the f8 to remain a competent adversary in aerial combat."
"By the war's end, the men from LeLv 26 had around 88 air victories with the loss of only 11 G.50s."
"Italy's most skilled pilots were sometimes able to shoot down the faster and better-armed Hurricanes and P-40s."
"Sergeant Major Buvoli was awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valor and subsequently credited with four victories, all in a single day."
"The Hellcat was now firmly in the fight and using its great speed and Firepower was quickly dominating the Skies over the Pacific."
"The Germans threw something on the order of 300 fighters at these B17s."
"Akamatsu shot down no less than 10 of these excellent enemy planes."
"These operations meant to taunt the Luftwaffe fighters into combat would also bring two legends of the air face to face."
"Combat skill against an enemy aircraft would be to fly the enemy aircraft yourself before you had to fight it."
"The idea of anybody in this combat environment getting 26 of these incredibly experienced well-trained Japanese fighter pilots flying a far superior aircraft in the Mitsubishi zero seemed unobtainable."
"The Mirage 3 backed by the skill of iaf Pilots largely dominated its adversaries."
"The Hurricane accounted for 60% of all kills during the Battle of Britain."
"Because of forward quarter lethality, because of stealth, because of the way the weapon system functions, an F-35 pilot can look behind him, designate a target, and fire a missile and it'll hit an airplane behind him."
"The great waves of resupply planes become fodder for the new German jet planes."
"Pilots engaged in combat miles above the earth, it was a truly fantastic concept."
"Did you know that the B-52 bomber is the largest airplane to have an aerial kill?"
"Each pilot admires his opponent's tenacity, courage, and flying skills."
"It was the penultimate fighter aircraft; it was great at intercepts, it was great at dogfighting."
"This series is on a truly astonishing epic scale with some of the most impressive aerial battle sequences I have ever seen."
"It was one of the most brilliantly conceived operations in aerial combat history."
"In today’s highly advanced aerial theatre, speed alone won’t be enough to guarantee domination of the skies - aircraft also need to be able to avoid detection."
"The key difference maker might very well be the man (or woman) behind the machine."
"The Tuskegee Airmen flew over 15,000 individual missions and shot down 112 enemy airplanes in World War II."
"The forces on the ground might mercilessly brutalize one another, but up here in the skies, they'd found mutual respect."
"It was extremely dangerous with all this flak and flying in the dark."
"Saburo Sakai became engaged in the dogfight of his life, spin for spin, roll for roll, spiral for spiral."
"That these pilots repeated their attacks with accuracy and coolness was a sheer display of the unfathomable, undreamed-of strength of our foes."
"Covered by autocannon fire from his gunship, Snagrod was still able to taunt Kantor, laughing from the bay door as the orc craft carried him away."
"Hitler's grand plan to invade Britain came to nothing, thanks in large part to the brave pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain."
"Altogether 659 enemy planes are destroyed in the air and on the ground."