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Tango0110 Jul 2014 9:10 p.m. PST

"Some called it the finest fighter in the world, quick, agile with fluid maneuverability. The biggest problem was it wasn't an American fighter.

The Mitsubishi A6M2 carrier fighter ZERO had long dominated the skies at the beginning of World War II, earning a 12-1 kill ratio against slower, heavier Allied planes.

But American ingenuity and a chance mistake by a ZERO pilot leveled the aerial battleground and gave American pilots a fighting chance…"

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Dameon14 Jul 2014 12:13 p.m. PST

Good read, thanks!

I'd thought we had recovered Zeros as early as Pearl Harbor, but that is the first I'd heard of one being used a the OpsFor for training!

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