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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Soviet fighter aircraft MiG-15 PZL Mielec Lim-2, Polish variant of the MiG-15bis General information Type Fighter aircraft National origin Soviet Union Manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich Status In limited service with the Korean People's Army Air Force Primary users Soviet Air Forces ...
Photo Name Service Victories Unit Aircraft Notes Zhao Baotong: PLAAF: 7 [24] [21] 3rd Fighter Aviation Division [25] MiG-15: ... MiG-15 Killed in action 28 November ...
MiG-15 in the Korean War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force (USAF) effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter. [1] Communist forces introduced the MiG-15 to Korea on November 1, 1950. [2]
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The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history.
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The aircraft was intercepted by two Soviet MiG 15 fighters and after it failed to respond to challenges it was shot down by the fighters' 23 mm cannon. [1] [2] The Avro Lincoln crashed east of Boizenburg, on the border of the British and Soviet zones, impacting in a wood between Vierkrug and Horst in the Soviet Zone. [1]
During the ensuing 10 minute action, air combat ranged across North Korean air space, at altitudes of 20,000 to 33,000 feet (6,100 to 10,000 metres). Pilots on both sides were veterans of World War II, with several years experience flying fighters. However, the Meteor was a World War II-era design that was outclassed by the new MiG-15.