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Tango01 | 09 Apr 2015 10:42 p.m. PST |
…Secret Soviet Fighter. "FOR ALLIED PILOTS IN THE KOREAN WAR, the sudden and unexpected appearance of Soviet-made MiG-15s in the skies over the 38th Parallel was an unsettling development to put it mildly. The new cutting-edge interceptors, which Moscow supplied to the air forces of North Korea and China by the hundreds, made their combat debut on Nov. 1, 1950 and immediately began downing Allied aircraft with near impunity. The MiG-15, designated "Fagot" by NATO, could easily outpace, outfly and outfight any U.S. or British aircraft, including the venerable American F-86 Saber. What's more, with a forward-mounted 37mm cannon, the jet packed a shattering punch, particularly when flown by one of the skilled Soviet pilots secretly sent to North Korea to shore up Pyongyang's war effort. In one day alone in 1951, a group of 30 of the nimble fighters breezed through a cordon of 100 front-line American jets and shredded a formation of three-dozen B-29s. As many as a third of the bombers were shot to bits — and all without the loss of a single communist aircraft.[1] American commanders were so alarmed by the catastrophe they ordered a temporary suspension of all air missions over enemy territory. The MiG-15 was tipping the balance of the air war against the Allies…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Rabbit 3 | 10 Apr 2015 2:26 a.m. PST |
An F-86 could hardly be described as `venerable` in 1950! |
CAG 19 | 11 Apr 2015 8:37 a.m. PST |
Pity the article is full of holes cherry picking certain "facts" from the wider background. |
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