Introduction

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.

The program consists of former fighter pilots sharing their stories of actual dogfights in which they took part, combined with computer-generated imagery (CGI) to give the viewer a better perspective of what it is like to engage in aerial combat.

Dogfights originally aired on the History Channel from November 2005 to May 2008. Repeats of the series are currently airing on the digital broadcast network Quest.

Outline

US Army Air Service SPAD S.XIII piloted by Eddie Rickenbacker vs. Luftstreitkräfte Fokker D.VIIs and LVG C.VIs on 25 September, 1918; US Army Air Force P-51 Mustang piloted by Bud Anderson vs. Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109s on 27 May 1944; US Air Force F-86 Sabre piloted by Frederick “Boots” Blesse vs. North Korean MiG-15s on 02 October 1952; US Navy F-4 Phantom II piloted by Duke Cunningham; and Willy “Irish” Driscoll vs. North Vietnamese MiG-17s (piloted by the elusive Colonel Toon) and MiG-21s on 10 May 1972.

Dogfights Series

You can find a full index of Dogfights here.

Production & Filming Details

• Creator(s): Cynthia Harrison, Jason McKinley, and Brooks Wachtel.
• Narrator(s): Phil Crowley.
• Director(s): Jason McKinley, Robert Kirk, and Wayne Weiss.
• Producer(s): Robert Kirk, Rob Lihani, Abe Scheuermann, and David Connelly.
• Production: Digital Ranch.
• Distributor(s): History Channel.
• Release Date: 16 September 2005.
• Running Time: 45 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.