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The Best Episodes of Dogfights

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    Dogfights Season 1 Episode 2 - Air Ambush
    8.6/10(31 votes)

    #1 - Air Ambush

    S1:E2

    Legendary fighter pilot, Colonel Robin Olds, sets an intricate trap for the North Vietnamese MiG-21’s. His squadron, the Wolfpack, disguises its lethal F-4 Phantoms as vulnerable bombers. The MIGs scream in to challenge the Americans. The result is the most elaborate air sting of the war… code-name…Operation Bolo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 4 - Guadalcanal
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #2 - Guadalcanal

    S1:E4

    August 1942… the Solomon Islands. Heroic, die-hard American pilots of the tiny Cactus Air Force match skills and instincts against top Japanese aces as they battle in the skies above Guadalcanal. Legendary Marine Capt John Smith and Medal of Honor recipients Jeff De Blanc and Jim Swett pit their tough F-4F Wildcats against the relentless Japanese Zeros. At stake - the fate of the Pacific War.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 7 - The Last Gunfighter
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #3 - The Last Gunfighter

    S1:E7

    The U.S. Navy's top fighter, the F8 Crusader flown by skilled fighter jocks Paul Speer and Phil Wood, tackles the fierce North Vietnamese MiG over the killing skies of Vietnam. Re-live one of the longest, gut-wrenching dogfights on record as Lt. Commander Richard Schaffert - out of missles and with his guns jammed - takes on a lethal MiG-17 and the best enemy pilot he's ever faced. He's got one chance - the amazing capabilities of the F8 Crusader, "the last gunfighter".

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 8 - Death of the Japanese Navy
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #4 - Death of the Japanese Navy

    S1:E8

    1944...the Pacific. It is one of the most amazing, lopsided naval battles in history: A mighty Japanese fleet let by the Yamato, the biggest battleship in the world - versus Taffy 3, a small U.S. task unit of tin can destroyers and baby flat-tops...ships too weak to fight and too slow to run. David battles Goliath in a fight for survival - with the lives of thousands of American soldiers in the balance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 1 - MiG Alley
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #5 - MiG Alley

    S1:E1

    Air Force fighter pilots risk their lives flying sleek F-86 Sabres above “Mig Alley” – the most dangerous piece of sky in the Korean War. The high-speed twists and turns of history’s first jet dogfights pit American aces Robbie Risner and Ralph Parr in the battles of their lives against nimble Russian-built MIG-15 fighters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 6 - Zero Killers
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    #6 - Zero Killers

    S1:E6

    1943...the skies over the Pacific. The infamous Japanese Zero is decimating American aircraft. No allied plane can match Japan's deadliest fighter plane manned by killed Imperial Navy veterans. The American Navy rushes to deploy a new fighter to take on the unstoppable Zero...the F6F Hellcat. The Zero has met its match. Now, you're in the cockpit with legendary dogfighters Robert Duncan, Hamilton McWhorter and Alex Vraciu...their epic dogfights blazing a new chapter in the annals of aerial warfare.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Deborah Blum

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  7. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 3 - Thunderbolt
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Thunderbolt

    S2:E3

    The rugged P-47 Thunderbolt, or "jug" as it was known, was the largest single-seat fighter plane of World War II. The episode portrays aerial battles fought by Robert S. Johnson, George Sutcliffe, and Ken Dalhberg against Focke-Wulf Fw-190s and Messerschmitt Me-109.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 6 - First Dogfighters
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    #8 - First Dogfighters

    S2:E6

    Dogfighting was invented by the fighter pilots of World War I. Ernst Udet's Albatros D.III vs. Georges Guynemer's SPAD VII; Werner Voss, flying a Fokker triplane, battles six S.E.5a pilots, including James McCudden, Arthur Rhys Davids, and Richard Maybery; Arthur Raymond Brooks and his SPAD XIII dogfights with eight Fokker D.VIIs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 10 - The bloodiest Day
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #9 - The bloodiest Day

    S2:E10

    May 10, 1972, was the bloodiest day of air combat during the Vietnam War. American F-4 Phantoms, A-6 Intruders, and A-7 Corsairs fought against North Vietnamese MiG-21s and MiG-19s. The episode includes battles fought by Bob Lodge and Roger Locher and by Charles B. DeBellevue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 18 - Dogfights of the Future
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Dogfights of the Future

    S2:E18

    Experience five future combat scenarios featuring modern 4.5 and 5th generation designs. First 4 F-22 Raptors engage Mikoyan MiG-29s, Sukhoi Su-30s and Dassault Rafales with the B-1R missile truck. The next scenario involves a group of F-35 Lightning IIs led by Raptors facing SA-23 surface to air missiles and MiG-35s. Next, Dassault Rafales and F-22s engage Su-30s with a Boeing 767 modified to carry a laser. Then the F-22 fights with the Russian fifth generation Su-47 Berkut. The show ends with a "dogfight" in low Earth orbit between two scramjets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 15 - Supersonic
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Supersonic

    S2:E15

    Travel back to three conflicts, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. See that for a fighter pilot, speed is your friend. And if the circumstances are right, speed kills. Your in the cockpit of a F4-U Corsair, a DH.98 Mosquito and a F-4 Phantom as you learn just what an advantage speed is.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 16 - Death of the Luftwaffe
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Death of the Luftwaffe

    S2:E16

    The Luftwaffe's last great offensive, called Operation Bodenplatte, occurred on January 1, 1945. Bob Brulle, Sanford K. Moats, Alden Rigby, and Richard Creamer were American pilots of the 352d Fighter Group whose airbase, known as Y-29, was attacked by fighters. After this day, the Luftwaffe was shattered as an effective fighting force.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 5 - Hell over Hanoi
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #13 - Hell over Hanoi

    S1:E5

    The skies over Vietnam. They fight in a supersonic world, where split second decisions determine if they live - or die. American F4 Phantom pilots Fred Olmsted and Dan Cherry take on the famed MiG-21 - the most feared threat in the sky. And one American, Steve Ritchie, becomes a dog fighting legend as an Air Force Ace. You're in the cockpit with some of the fiercest dogfighting ever seen in Vietnam!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 9 - The Long Odds
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    #14 - The Long Odds

    S1:E9

    Showcases survival stories of bomber pilots battling fighter aircraft. US Navy SBD Dauntless vs. Mitsubishi Zero; US Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress vs. Mitsubishi Zeroes & Ki-46 Dinah; US Air Force F-105 Thunderchief vs. North Vietnamese Air Force MiG-17.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 7 - Luftwaffe's Deadliest Mission
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Luftwaffe's Deadliest Mission

    S2:E7

    On April 7, 1945, pilots of the German Sonderkommando Elbe ram their own aircraft into incoming American bombers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 11 - P-51 Mustang
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #16 - P-51 Mustang

    S2:E11

    In the European and Pacific theaters of World War II, the P-51 Mustang became one of the conflict's most successful and recognizable aircraft. The episode includes interviews with Mustang pilots Donald S. Bryan, Robert Scamara, and Richard Candelaria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 3 - Flying Tigers
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Flying Tigers

    S1:E3

    Plot Outline Two weeks after Pearl Harbor, a courageous, rag-tag band of American mercenaries dare to challenge the overwhelming might of the Japanese Air Force. The legendary “Flying Tigers” slash through the skies of China, and help vanquish the unstoppable Japanese. Follow leading Tiger aces Tex Hill and John Alison as their P-40 Tomahawks fight to the death against the agile Japanese I-97 Nate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 4 - Gun Kills of Vietnam
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Gun Kills of Vietnam

    S2:E4

    The era of missiles had arrived, and electronic warfare was coming of age. But when technology failed, pilots were forced to fight the old-fashioned way — with guns. Clinton Johnson and Charles Hartman down a MiG-17 with propeller-driven A-1 Skyraiders; Robert Titus and Milan Zimer's F-4 Phantom shoots it out with a gun pod against MiG-21s; Darrell Simmonds and George McKinney's Phantom fights MiG-17s.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 12 - Dogfights of Desert Storm
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #19 - Dogfights of Desert Storm

    S2:E12

    An EF-111 Raven is attacked by an Iraqi Mirage F-1 jet and American fighter pilots pit F-15 Eagles against Iraqi MiG-25s and advanced MiG-29s as part of Operation Desert Storm. American aviators James Denton, Brent Brandon, Larry Pitts, Cesar Rodriguez, Craig Underhill, and Tony "Kimo" Schiavi are interviewed.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 13 - Tuskegee Airmen
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #20 - Tuskegee Airmen

    S2:E13

    The Tuskegee Airmen were African-American pilots of the 332d Fighter Group. They distinguished themselves as one of the most successful fighter groups of World War II, despite the bigotry and prejudice they faced from their own countrymen. Piloting P-51 Mustangs, they flew many missions protecting American bombers from the German Luftwaffe. The episode includes interviews with pilots Lee Archer, Roscoe Brown, and Charles McGee.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 14 - MiG Killers of the Midway
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #21 - MiG Killers of the Midway

    S2:E14

    Recalling Vietnam War battles involving F-4 Phantoms from the USS Midway. This episode portrays dogfights fought by J.C. Smith, Henry "Bart" Bartholomay, Pat Arwood, Mike "Taco" Bell, Ronald "Mugs" McKeown, and John C. "Jack" Ensch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 10 - Dogfights in the Middle East
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Dogfights in the Middle East

    S1:E10

    Israeli Air Force Mirage III vs. Egyptian Air Force MiG-17 & MiG-19; defection of an Iraqi Air Force MiG-21; Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle vs. Syrian Air Force MiG-21.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dogfights Season 1 Episode 11 - Hunt for the Bismarck
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    #23 - Hunt for the Bismarck

    S1:E11

    The HMS Hood is sunk, in retaliation Swordfish planes of the British Fleet Air Arm attack the main German battleship Bismarck with devastating results .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 1 - Kamikaze
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #24 - Kamikaze

    S2:E1

    Towards the end of World War II, Japan sent volunteer pilots on suicide attacks against American naval targets. Kamikaze attacks covered include those against the escort carrier USS St. Lo on October 25, 1944, and the destroyer USS Laffey on April 15, 1945. Also discussed is the use of Japanese Ohka rocket planes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dogfights Season 2 Episode 2 - Jet vs Jet
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #25 - Jet vs Jet

    S2:E2

    In the skies over North Korea, F-86 Sabres battle MiG-15s. American pilots such as James Jabara, Ralph "Hoot" Gibson, and Ralph Parr are in pursuit of a previously unknown achievement — the title of jet ace.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Air Ambush" is the best rated episode of "Dogfights". It scored 8.6/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/10/2006. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Guadalcanal".