The first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86 Sabres of the USAF take on Mi G-15s of the North Korean and Chinese air forces. Although the Allied pilots were initially taken aback by the ability of the communist fighter in combat, sound training and skilful leadership soon enabled Sabre pilots to dominate the dogfights over the Yalu River. In all 39 F-86 pilots achieved ace status, and a number of these are profiled in this volume, as are notable pilots from the US Navy, Marine Corps and Royal Navy and, for the first time, the handful of Mi G-15 aces.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 100 ● ISBN 9781472800565 ● Verlag Bloomsbury Publishing ● Erscheinungsjahr 2013 ● herunterladbar 6 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 2613849 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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