Sabres over MiG alley : the F-86 and the battle for air superiority in Korea / Kenneth P. Werrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werrell, Kenneth P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes, Military--United States--History.

Airplanes, Military.

Fighter pilots--United States--History.

Fighter pilots.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Aerial operations, American.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Sabre (Jet fighter plane)--History.

Sabre (Jet fighter plane).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the story of the first jet versus jet war, the largest in number of victories and losses, and one of the few military bright spots in the Korean War. It tells how an outnumbered force of F-86 Sabres limited by range and restricted by the rules of engagement, decisively defeated its foe. Based on the latest scholarship, author Kenneth Werrell uses previously untapped sources and interviews with sixty former F-86 pilots to explore new aspects of the subject and shed light on controversies previously neglected. For example, he found much greater violation of the Yalu River than thus

Contents:

F-86 design and development

Efforts to improve performance

Maintenance: unappreciated but vital

F-86 flying safety

Soviet fighters and development of the MiG-15

Korean war, phase I: June through November 1950

Air war overview, 1950-53

Exploitation of enemy aircraft

Friendly islands and rescue service

Sensitive and controversial matters

Top guns: the five leading F-86 aces

Double aces

Other aces

Other groups of pilots who flew F-86s in Korea

Red aces

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-307) and index.

ISBN:

1-61251-344-1