Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Air Combat

Also searchable as Air To Air Combat.

Related time notes

  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:49:07A Strike Eagle's helicopter kill with a bombQ&A
  2. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    4:10:05Why long-range weapons still led to visual-range combat in VietnamQ&A
  3. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    1:03:44Tracing a Swordfish air-to-air victory claimQ&A
  4. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:12:58Will drone swarms soon make fighters obsolete?Q&A
  5. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:33:52How could a Swordfish evade a much faster fighter?Q&A
  6. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:02:24Why an air force needs competent wingmen as well as acesNotable Point
  7. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...
    21:00Could an A-10 fight an Fw 190 over the Ardennes?Q&A
  8. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    1:11:21Zuiho's fighters intercept Enterprise's strike en routeNotable Point
  9. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:23:00Indefatigable and Britain's final air combat of World War IINotable Point
  10. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    29:51Phantoms and Skyraiders scored early Vietnam MiG killsNotable Point
  11. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    1:39:49Is modern air combat still a close dogfight?Q&A
  12. Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service
    11:45Why Allied pilots could mistake an A5M for a ZeroNotable Point
  13. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:50:30A Swordfish may have scored an air-to-air kill over NorwayNotable Point
  14. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    36:03Britain already fielded the Gloster Meteor in 1944Q&A
  15. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:56:06A distinctive drone-control aircraft becomes the first targetQ&A
  16. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:34:22An Avenger's unexpected fighter victoryNotable Point
  17. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    2:26:26Phantom or Crusader depends on whether combat is requiredQ&A
  18. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    1:21:04Why missile confidence displaced dogfight training after KoreaQ&A
  19. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:38:32Why Brown preferred head-on attacks against the CondorNotable Point
  20. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    16:00A slow Swordfish creates an unusual problem for Zero pilotsNotable Point
  21. Bruships 88: Way of War
    1:02:56Why a British Zero would not automatically beat the Bf 109Q&A
  22. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    55:47Why the Fulmar's combat record resists a simple verdictNotable Point
  23. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    2:32:43F-4 Phantom II versus Mirage III over the FalklandsQ&A
  24. The Fairey Story Anew...
    18:29Turret-fighter firing geometry leaves the aircraft exposedNotable Point
  25. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:28:32Swordfish crews turn extreme low speed against Bf 109 attackersNotable Point
  26. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    11:31Comparing piston fighters' victories over jetsQ&A
  27. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    3:33:56How a fast fighter could overshoot a SwordfishNotable Point
  28. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    3:35AI combat results and the limits of exercisesQ&A
  29. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    6:45Machine-learning speed and pilot instinctNotable Point
  30. Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/2
    11:26Training data, blind spots, and novel threatsNotable Point
  31. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    13:43RAF bomber interceptions limited by engines and fuelNotable Point
  32. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    14:21Combat damage and the standard for a probable victoryNotable Point
  33. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    17:57Sea Harriers and Britain's postwar air-combat recordNotable Point