Re: Korea War List of Aces

["les hanson" <hanson@totalnetnh.net>]

4th Fighter Squadron
            During Korean War trained Japanese Self-Defence Force,Koren and
Thai Air Force Pilots

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www.afhra.maxwell.af.mil/wwwroot/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0004fs.html

Les           A LongAgo Airman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Love Shack" <Home@DanSources.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: Korea War List of Aces


> Cookie:
> I am not making the argument for Duke..
> Just reporting his comments over his historical battle and his experience.
> Yet I can see why there may have been some embarrassment that was covered
> up.
>
> Regarding SK pilots did we have a big training program for them?
> If so did they get a chance to fly combat against NK?
>
> One other thing....the F9F seemed to hold its own against the Mig.
> I was surprised to read that a Yak9 shot down an F80.
> What was your feedback on these two aircraft?
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <AMPSOne@aol.com>
> To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Korea War List of Aces
>
>
> > There is no reason for the Chinese -- let alone the Koreans -- to
publish
> > accurate accounts at this time, and probably will not be for decades.
> >
> > The Chinese have made up a lesser mythos about their achievements in
> Korea,
> > and as such are not about to upset things with admissions that the
> government
> > lied about it. Most of the pilots like Wang Hai are more than willing to
> keep
> > up the "mystique" of their success, so you can't count on them for
> accuracy.
> >
> > The Koreans, on the other hand, live on Fantasy Island and have made a
> great
> > mythos up about "The Great Fatherland Reunification War" which is based
on
> the
> > "Ju Che" (self-reliance) philosophy of Kim Il Sung. Little of it has to
do
> > with reality or even bad rewriting of history, but the DPRK is a nation
> that
> > cannot -- and will not -- ever admit it made mistakes of any kind.
> >
> > As for the reason that Congressman Cunningham can't get the answers any
> more
> > than I can, NSA treats all as the same unless it is an official request
in
> > line with ongoing Congressional or Defense matters. What happened 32
years
> ago is
> > interesting but not critical to their survival or national security, and
> ergo
> > it goes to the bottom of the stack. The material IS there -- I already
> paid
> > $135 (less a $50 "discount" for having been part of the SIGINT community
> at the
> > time) so am sure it is going to eventually come out.
> >
> > Cookie Sewell
> > AMPS
> >
>