Combat between forces with the same types of aircraft
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Combat between forces with the same types of aircraft
Hello all.
Just some idle curiosity. Have there been many instances of opposing forces going into combat with aircraft of the same type? I'm thinking of fairly large-scale and wide-scale combat rather than one-off events. Ukraine/Russia at present, of course.
I was idly thinking of the increasing number of countries in the European theatre that are buying or hoping to buy F-35s. These nations are all friends at the moment, but who knows what the political situation could be in 20-30 years -- might we ever see F-35s going up against F-35s?
Thanks.
Just some idle curiosity. Have there been many instances of opposing forces going into combat with aircraft of the same type? I'm thinking of fairly large-scale and wide-scale combat rather than one-off events. Ukraine/Russia at present, of course.
I was idly thinking of the increasing number of countries in the European theatre that are buying or hoping to buy F-35s. These nations are all friends at the moment, but who knows what the political situation could be in 20-30 years -- might we ever see F-35s going up against F-35s?
Thanks.
The Swiss and germans both had Bf 109s in WW2 when Switzerland had to defend itself.
During the Irak-Iran war there might have been Floggers and Hips used on both sides and possibly other similar stuff from the Soviet Union. During that war East Germany maintained the weapons of both conflict parties and supplied both sides with new stuff at the same time for hard currency it desperately needed.
During the Irak-Iran war there might have been Floggers and Hips used on both sides and possibly other similar stuff from the Soviet Union. During that war East Germany maintained the weapons of both conflict parties and supplied both sides with new stuff at the same time for hard currency it desperately needed.
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Again small scale but didn't P-51Ds go toe to toe in Central America at one point in the 1960s or early '70s?
Captain Fernando Soto of the Honduran AF flying his F4U-5 Corsair, shot down 3 aircraft of the El Salvador AF, a Cavalier Mustang, and two FG-1 Corsair's.
This was the ever last piston engine fighter vs piston engine fighter combat kills.
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