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 MiG Alley - The fight for air superiority
Citat:The fight for air superiority began the day the Korean War started
and only ended with the armistice three years later. Once the shock of
the North Koreans’ invasion wore off, it did not take long for the
United States Air Force, assisted by other United Nations air forces,
to destroy the North Korean Air Force. The arrival of the MiG–15 in
November 1950, often flown by Soviet pilots, changed things considerably
however. For the remainder of the war, bitterly contested
air battles were fought almost daily. Yet despite a decided numerical
superiority in jet fighters, the Communists were never able to gain air
superiority, testament to the skill and training of the UN fighter pilots,
primarily those U.S. Air Force airmen flying the magnificent
F–86 Sabre.
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