Re: What is "MiG Alley"?

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The article STILL uses the 14:1 Air Kill ratio

Dan

Les Hanson wrote:

try these.www.mucheswarbirds.com/F86art.html http://www.mdthompson.com/coopertown/dickjohnson_03.html type in search bar f-86 during korean war supersonic Supersonic flight was well before the beginning of korean war. Les Hanson       A LongAgoAirman

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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