Dicta Boelcke, the Glossary
The Dicta Boelcke is a list of fundamental aerial maneuvers of aerial combat formulated by First World War German flying ace Oswald Boelcke.[1]
Table of Contents
22 relations: Aerial warfare, Dictum, Flying ace, Fokker Scourge, French Air and Space Force, Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen, Jagdstaffel 2, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Luftstreitkräfte, Manfred von Richthofen, Max Immelmann, Mick Mannock, Mission-type tactics, NATO, Oswald Boelcke, Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, Sailor Malan, Sheppard Air Force Base, Ten Rules for Air Fighting, United States Air Force, World War I.
- Aerial maneuvers
- Aerial warfare tactics
- Imperial German Army Air Service
Aerial warfare
Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare.
See Dicta Boelcke and Aerial warfare
Dictum
In legal writing, a dictum (Latin 'something that has been said'; plural dicta) is a statement made by a court.
Flying ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.
See Dicta Boelcke and Flying ace
Fokker Scourge
The Fokker Scourge (Fokker Scare) occurred during the First World War from July 1915 to early 1916. Dicta Boelcke and Fokker Scourge are aviation in World War I.
See Dicta Boelcke and Fokker Scourge
French Air and Space Force
The French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces.
See Dicta Boelcke and French Air and Space Force
Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen
General Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen (born Hermann Thomsen; 10 March 1867 – 5 May 1942) was a German military aviation pioneer, a senior air commander in the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I, and a founding father of the German military aviation.
See Dicta Boelcke and Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen
Jagdstaffel 2
Jasta 2 (Jagdstaffel Zwei in full and also known as Jasta Boelcke) was one of the best-known German Luftstreitkräfte Squadrons in World War I. Its first commanding officer was the great aerial tactician Oswald Boelcke, and it was the incubator of several notable aviation careers.
See Dicta Boelcke and Jagdstaffel 2
Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, which advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters.
See Dicta Boelcke and Joint Chiefs of Staff
Luftstreitkräfte
The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Combat Forces)known before October 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (The Imperial German Air Service, lit. "The flying troops of the German Kaiser’s Reich")was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. Dicta Boelcke and Luftstreitkräfte are aviation in World War I and Imperial German Army Air Service.
See Dicta Boelcke and Luftstreitkräfte
Manfred von Richthofen
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.
See Dicta Boelcke and Manfred von Richthofen
Max Immelmann
Max Immelmann (21 September 1890 – 18 June 1916) PLM was the first German World War I flying ace.
See Dicta Boelcke and Max Immelmann
Mick Mannock
Edward Corringham "Mick" Mannock (24 May 1887 – 26 July 1918) was a British-Irish flying ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War.
See Dicta Boelcke and Mick Mannock
Mission-type tactics
Mission-type tactics (German: Auftragstaktik, from Auftrag and Taktik; also known as mission command in the United States and the United Kingdom) is a method of command and delegation where the military commander gives subordinate leaders a clearly-defined objective, high-level details such as a timeframe, and the forces needed to accomplish that objective.
See Dicta Boelcke and Mission-type tactics
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
Oswald Boelcke
Oswald Boelcke PlM (19 May 1891 – 28 October 1916) was a World War I German professional soldier and pioneering flying ace credited with 40 aerial victories.
See Dicta Boelcke and Oswald Boelcke
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
See Dicta Boelcke and Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force. Dicta Boelcke and Royal Flying Corps are aviation in World War I.
See Dicta Boelcke and Royal Flying Corps
Sailor Malan
Adolph Gysbert Malan, (3 October 1910 – 17 September 1963), better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain.
See Dicta Boelcke and Sailor Malan
Sheppard Air Force Base
Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States.
See Dicta Boelcke and Sheppard Air Force Base
Ten Rules for Air Fighting
Adolph Gysbert Malan DSO & Bar DFC (24 March 1910 – 17 September 1963), better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African World War II fighter pilot, who led No. Dicta Boelcke and Ten Rules for Air Fighting are aerial warfare tactics.
See Dicta Boelcke and Ten Rules for Air Fighting
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
See Dicta Boelcke and United States Air Force
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
See Dicta Boelcke and World War I
See also
Aerial maneuvers
- Aerial ramming
- Aerial refueling
- Air combat manoeuvring
- Banked turn
- Basic fighter maneuvers
- Chandelle
- Cobra maneuver
- Cuban eight
- Delta formation
- Diamond formation
- Dicta Boelcke
- Dogfight
- Eights on pylons
- Freeflying
- Helocast
- Herbst maneuver
- Hineri-komi
- Immelmann turn
- Kulbit
- Low flying military training
- Nap-of-the-earth
- Pardo's Push
- Pylon turn
- Scissors (aeronautics)
- Slip (aerodynamics)
- Slip-turn
- Spin (aerodynamics)
- Split S
- Stall (fluid dynamics)
- Standard rate turn
- Steep turn (aviation)
- Tactical bombing
- Teardrop turn
- Toss bombing
- Vic formation
- Wilde Sau
- Wingover
- Zoom climb
Aerial warfare tactics
- Air Support Operations Center
- Air assault
- Air interdiction
- Aircraft recognition
- Airstrikes
- Armed helicopter
- Assembly ship
- Big Wing
- Big blue blanket
- Bomber stream
- Close air support
- Combat air patrol
- Combat box
- Counter-air patrol
- Dicta Boelcke
- Finger-four
- Ground-controlled interception
- Ground-directed bombing
- Head-on engagement
- Intruder (air combat)
- Jagdstaffel
- Kamikaze
- Look-down/shoot-down
- Low-probability-of-intercept radar
- Lufbery circle
- Nap-of-the-earth
- Offensive counter air
- Passive radar
- Radar picket
- Roof knocking
- Strafing
- Sun position (air combat)
- Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
- Tail-chase engagement
- Ten Rules for Air Fighting
- Thach Weave
- Vic formation
- Wingman
- Y-Control for fighters
Imperial German Army Air Service
- Amerika Programme
- Balkenkreuz
- Dicta Boelcke
- England Squadron
- Feldflieger Abteilung
- Idflieg
- Idflieg aircraft designation system
- Jagdgeschwader I (World War I)
- Jagdgeschwader III
- Kampfgeschwader
- Luftschiffer
- Luftstreitkräfte
- Royal Bavarian Flying Corps
- Schlasta
- Spy basket
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicta_Boelcke
Also known as Dicta Bölcke.