The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

The Soviet MiG-15bis and the American F-86 Sabre pushed aviation technology to its limits during the Korean War. When they met in dogfights over the Yalu River, in an area nicknamed MiG Alley, both ...

In the early 1950s, epic battles unfolded in the skies over North Korea as American and Russian fighters faced off in history's first jet war. This program explores the Korean War's aerial tactics, ...

Discussed the history and tactics of the MiG fighter planes in "MiG Alley" along the Yalu River between China and Korea during the Korean War. Includes live action and air warfare simulations ...

November 1950 was a turning point of the Korean War. Intervention of China and USSR changed what looked like a victory already won for the US lead coalition. One of the most important factors in this ...

In this technical military history, historian Cleaver (The Frozen Chosen) aims to bring readers past the myths to the truth of the Korean War. Following WWII, as sole possessors of the atomic bomb, ...

In April 1951, waves of MiG-15s rose to meet American bombers in one of the deadliest nights of the Korean War. Thirty-nine B-29s faced over 80 interceptors, with radar-guided Sabres racing to protect ...

Key point: These battles changed history and highlighted the shifting nature of modern war. Short, frantic and bloody has been the history of aerial warfare. While human beings have killed each ...