https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCFMX5z-ed4
Decent video that, if you have the time to watch, will discuss offensive and defensive maneuvering in pretty great detail.
It's a bit of a newer discussion on air combat but it's fully applicable to the catalog of aircraft in War Thunder. Enjoy!
The thing I like about War Thunder is -- most of the times -- you can watch a tutorial video aimed towards real life pilots and use the same tactics in the game, and they work. I know there are more realistic games than War Thunder out there, and these tactics would probably work better on those games, however I still love the fact that we can call War Thunder somewhat realistic while being a free-to-play game.
I hope it never fully loses that realistic part of the game and doesn't focus on the Arcade entirely.
Edit: Thanks for sharing by the way, I kinda forgot it while grumbling about the realistic part, sorry! :)