MiG Alley

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MiG Alley

The US Air Force in Korea, 1950–53

Asian history History Military history Military history: post-WW2 conflicts Warfare and defence Air forces and warfare Battles and campaigns

Author: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

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Language: English

Published by: Osprey Publishing

Published on: 28th November 2019

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 336 pages

ISBN: 9781472836069


Following the end of the Korean War

The prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, among other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end of the Cold War, when Soviet records of the conflict were finally opened.

About MiG Alley

Packed with first-hand accounts and covering the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, MiG Alley brings the war vividly to life and the record is finally set straight on a number of popular fabrications. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.

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