Re: Soviet Aircraft Types in Korea

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Were the later Saber marks competitive with the Mig17?

Dan

AMPSOne@aol.com wrote:

> Dan,
>
> To the best of my knowledge only the ROC got F-47s, as the USAF wanted them
> out of the inventory ASAP. (A quick reading of losses in Korea show at least
> 24 F-51D aircraft lost due to coolant system damage which probably would not
> have happened if they had been flying F-47s, but that's another point for
> discussion.)
>
> MiG-17 is arguably the best of the non-supersonic MiGs. Later F-86s (the H
> being a gunfighter and the D a rocketeer) were quite different from the
> earlier Es and Fs. ROC used Ds and Hs with early model Sidewinders, which
> were one reason they did well against PLAAF. In Korea, different story and
> different results. I have not followed up many of the tales of postwar combat
> but I do know a number of USAF pilots scored kills with the F-86H against
> them.
>
> Cookie Sewell
> AMPS