Word: mig
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...briefing officer said, "a day worth drooling over," a fine day for hunting MIGs. With the howl of a tornado, four F-86 Sabre jets roared up from the Korean airfield and headed north for MIG Alley. For half an hour they climbed steadily, timing their ascent to conserve fuel and reach the Yalu at 45,000 ft. At that altitude, everything was silvery and incredibly bright; above, the sky was dark and greyish...
Peeling off in a split S, the four Sabres screamed into a dive. Flight Leader Major Vermont Garrison, 37-year-old World War II ace who is known as "the greying eagle," leveled out at 2,000 ft. on the tail of a MIG. After a quick burst from the Sabre's .50-cal. machine guns, the Red plane exploded. A few minutes later, Garrison downed another MIG. Captain Lonnie Moore, 32, drew a bead on a third MIG and brought it down; ist Lieut. Harry Jones Jr., 23, got another. Then at 1,500 ft., Wingman William...
Speaking before a large crowd in Sanders Theatre which included newly elected PBK members, Davis compared our democracy to the Roman civilization and concluded that if this country collapses it will be the fault of the Wisconsin senator rather than Russian MIG...
...Voted unanimously to grant permanent U.S. residence to Polish Flyer Franciszek Jarecki, who liberated a MIG and himself in Denmark (TIME...
...record, the Sabre jets now meeting the enemy's MIG-155 in Korea are the finest fighters in combat, and Air Force men are no longer dazzled, as they were at first sight, by the nimble performance of the enemy's No. 1 interceptor. Over the past twelve months, the ratio of MIGs downed to Sabres lost in air combat has soared from about 8 to 1 to upwards of 15 to 1. For several days this month, when the MIGs offered battle in numbers, they were being knocked down like grouse on a Scottish moor...