The MiG-15bis, upgraded with the powerful Klimov VK-1A engine and improved aerodynamics, enhanced Soviet air strength over ...

The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

The Soviet MiG-15bis and the American F-86 Sabre pushed aviation technology to its limits during the Korean War. When they met in dogfights over the Yalu River, in an area nicknamed MiG Alley, both ...

November 1950 became the birth of the legendary “MiG Alley” after Soviet built MiG-15 jet fighters exploded into combat ...

In the early 1950s, epic battles unfolded in the skies over North Korea as American and Russian fighters faced off in history's first jet war. This program explores the Korean War's aerial tactics, ...

Discussed the history and tactics of the MiG fighter planes in "MiG Alley" along the Yalu River between China and Korea during the Korean War. Includes live action and air warfare simulations ...

In this technical military history, historian Cleaver (The Frozen Chosen) aims to bring readers past the myths to the truth of the Korean War. Following WWII, as sole possessors of the atomic bomb, ...

Key point: These battles changed history and highlighted the shifting nature of modern war. Short, frantic and bloody has been the history of aerial warfare. While human beings have killed each ...