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  2. MiG Alley - Wikipedia

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    On January 1, 1951, a Communist offensive drove UN forces out of the Kimpo area; K-14 was overrun and the 4th F-IW was withdrawn to Japan. [4] In March 1951, the first two Sabre squadrons, from the 4th F-IW, returned to Korea, just in time to meet a new build-up of Communist air strength designed to secure air superiority over northwest Korea, in a prelude to a major ground offensive.

  3. United States military and prostitution in South Korea

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    During and following the Korean War, the United States military used regulated prostitution services in South Korean military camptowns. Despite prostitution being illegal since 1948, women in South Korea were the fundamental source of sexual services for the US military and a component of Korean-American relations. [ 4 ]

  4. Women in aviation - Wikipedia

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    Korean Lee Jeong-hee , who had earned her pilot's license in 1927, joined the Republic of Korea Air Force in 1948 and was appointed first lieutenant. She was the founding commander of the Women's Air Force Corps in 1949, but was captured and taken to North Korea when the Korean War broke out. [136] [137]

  5. Korean War - Wikipedia

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    The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) ... [333] [334] Interdiction by ground attack aircraft was the only means of slowing the advancing KPA armor.

  6. List of Korean War flying aces - Wikipedia

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    Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. Scored between an estimated 3 shootdowns in World War II. Russian sources credit him with 16 shootdowns in the Korean War. [46] He was the last living Soviet flying ace of the Korean War. Mikhail Ponomaryev: Major 10-14 17th Fighter Air Regiment MiG-15 Number of victories is disputed, and may be 11. [21]

  7. US and South Korea fly warplanes in interception drills after ...

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    South Korea and the United States flew advanced stealth fighters in a joint missile-interception drill Friday over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s air force said, an apparent response to a ...

  8. Air Battle of South Korea - Wikipedia

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    The Air Battle of South Korea was an air campaign early in the Korean War occurring roughly from 25 June to 20 July 1950 over South Korea between the air forces of North Korea and the United Nations, including the countries of South Korea, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  9. Kim Bok-dong - Wikipedia

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    Kim Bok-dong (Korean: 김복동; 19 April 1926 – 28 January 2019) was a human rights activist that campaigned against sexual slavery and war rape. [1] She was a young woman who was put into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army; a military that recruited girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years of age from colonized and occupied countries from the 1930s until the end of World War II.