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

Pilots of the Israeli Air Force. The episode covers combat missions flown by Ran Ronen and by “ace of aces” Giora Epstein. Ronen used the French-built Mirage III to engage British-built Egyptian Air Force Hawker Hunters in 1966. Epstein flew a Mirage V against Egyptian Sukhoi Su-7s in the Six-Day War, and piloted a Nesher against MiG-21s in the Yom Kippur War.

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: 10 August 2007.
• Running Time: 45 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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