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Re: What is "MiG Alley"?



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Les
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Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: What is "MiG Alley"?


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