Re: What is "MiG Alley"?

[<KEACLA1@aol.com>]

Les Hanson wrote:

"On 17 December 1950 Lt.Col Bruce Hinton,336th commander shot down a Mid-15 in the first ever all supersonic aerial combat. During this conflict Rocketeers pilots racked up kills on 116 enemy aircraft."

Neither the F-86 nor the MiG-15 could go supersonic in level flight, as I understand it.  Maybe they were both diving, but this still sounds like a shaky statement.

     Regards,
     Keith Allen