The title of this thread reminds me of a song by the one time well known singer Georges Brassens: "Au bois d'mon coeur", where he says about his friends in the fourth verse:
"Each time I die, faithfully, they'll come to my funeral", meaning that life is not always plain sailing, and there are times when you "die" a little, and true friends are the ones who stay with you during each and every one of these deaths.
And what does that have to do with "Dogfight"?
Not that you die many times, obviously, that's just part of the game. It's more that this is not an ordinary fiercely individualistic egotistic shoot-em-up game, but that the players get to know one another on a friendly basis and that they help one another and give support when needed.