Coming out of WWII, America’s Air Force was the undisputed champ of the skies. That all changed during the Korean War when Soviet forces unveiled the MiG-15, a sprightly swept-wing interceptor that ...

Born from the lineage of the rugged P-47, the F-84 Thunderjet entered the Korean War after a difficult development period and was immediately thrust into one of the first jet-versus-jet conflicts in ...

When people think of early Cold War Soviet jet fighters, they think about MiGs and not much else. If modern Hollywood Korean and Vietnam War movies were taken as gospel, you'd assume MiG 15s, 17s, 19s ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Following a brief stint in the latter period of the Chinese Civil War, the MiG-15 made an explosive entrance in the Korean War. The Soviet fighter proved vastly ...

In December 1950, the first F-86 Sabre unit arrived to Korean theater. It was the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing and it operated from Kimpo airfield near Seoul, South Korea. Previous air superiority of ...

I know, the way MiGs are behaving in the skies over and bordering Ukraine these days might make this topic a sensitive pill to swallow. But you have to admit, given the fighter plane family's history ...

However, the Red Army captured numerous scientists, research facilities and prototype technologies when it rolled into eastern Germany—including Jumo 004 and BMW 003 turbojets designed for the Nazi’s ...

Amazing footage brings us back to the age of the “Red Eagles” of Project CONSTANT PEG. Almost one year ago, we reported about a two-seat MiG-15UTI jet that was spotted in the Jedi Transition (the low ...

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