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Originally Posted by hdgcfcf
I'm looking for a book on dogfighting with jet based aircraft that is available on the Internet for free. Any suggestions? Thx.
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I have to agree with the previous postings, regarding Robert L. Shaw's book,
Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering. This is easily the best tactics manual that is publicly available . . . although I do not believe that you will find a copy "free" on the internet.
If you're willing to accept a slightly older review of air combat tactics in the jet age, however, I would recommend John Boyd's "Aerial Attack Study":
http://www.d-n-i.net/boyd/pdf/boydaerialattack.pdf
For those who haven't read of him, Boyd was the father of Energy Maneuverability Theory, and was a leading member of the "fighter mafia" that ushered in the development of the F-16 during the early 1970s. His "Aerial Attack Study" was the USAF's first fighter tactics manual of the jet age.