Sabres Over MiG Alley: The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in KoreaThis is the story of the first jet versus jet war, the largest in number of victories and losses, and one of the few military bright spots in the Korean War. It tells how an outnumbered force of F-86 Sabres limited by range and restricted by the rules of engagement, decisively defeated its foe. Based on the latest scholarship, author Kenneth Werrell uses previously untapped sources and interviews with sixty former F-86 pilots to explore new aspects of the subject and shed light on controversies previously neglected. For example, he found much greater violation of the Yalu River than thus far has appeared in the published materials. The F-86 became a legend in "The Forgotten War" because of its performance and beauty, but most of all, because of its record in combat. |
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... sorties per aircraft per day of the two opposing air forces , the Americans were fighting at a numerical dis- advantage of perhaps as high as 8 : 1 in 1951 and over 3 : 1 at the war's end . This disparity in numbers seems to bear out ...
... sorties per aircraft per day of the two opposing air forces , the Americans were fighting at a numerical dis- advantage of perhaps as high as 8 : 1 in 1951 and over 3 : 1 at the war's end . This disparity in numbers seems to bear out ...
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... sorties , was shot down two or three times , and claimed fifteen victories . He retired from the air force as a colonel in 1977.9 Born in November 1919 , Alexandr Smorchkov entered the army in 1939 . He saw action in World War II ...
... sorties , was shot down two or three times , and claimed fifteen victories . He retired from the air force as a colonel in 1977.9 Born in November 1919 , Alexandr Smorchkov entered the army in 1939 . He saw action in World War II ...
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... sorties and 2,779 night sorties . Also see Zhang , Red Wings over the Yalu , 138 , 201-2 and Wetterhahn , " The Russians of MiG Alley , " 72 . 24. USAF Report on Korea : June 1950 - June 1951 , 33. Unfortunately , there is no comparable ...
... sorties and 2,779 night sorties . Also see Zhang , Red Wings over the Yalu , 138 , 201-2 and Wetterhahn , " The Russians of MiG Alley , " 72 . 24. USAF Report on Korea : June 1950 - June 1951 , 33. Unfortunately , there is no comparable ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
F86 Design and Development | 5 |
Efforts to Improve Performance | 15 |
Copyright | |
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Sabres Over MiG Alley: The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in Korea Kenneth P. Werrell No preview available - 2018 |
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