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Colonel Francis S. ("Gabby") Go-breski, 32, one of the country's leading aces (28 planes shot down in Europe, 3 MIG-iss in Korea) moved up the command ladder, became boss of the 51st Fighter Wing in Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Slings & Arrows | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...strike at the Red airstrip under construction at Taechon, 45 miles south of the Yalu. U.N. escort fighters were able to beat off Russian-built MIG interceptors, and the only loss-one of nine bombers attacking-was to flak. The pilot nursed the crippled 6-29 out over the Yellow Sea, where Lieut. Donald A. Birch used his precision bombsight to aim parachuting fellow crewmen at a tiny island. Twelve were rescued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR WAR: An Old Lesson | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

Later in the week, when B-29s struck the Sunchon railway bridge, the MIG pilots followed the bombers almost down to the 38th parallel, and brought down one of the eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR WAR: An Old Lesson | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

...last week, U.S. Sabre jets shot down nine enemy MIG-15s. It was the biggest one-day bag of the Korean war (previous one-day record: six, on Dec. 22 and Oct. 2). Although the Red jet flyers have been improving recently, the Sabre pilots, according to U.S. airmen, have been improving even faster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AIR WAR: Biggest Bag | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

Some correspondents, after talking to U.N. pilots, were convinced that a new Red jet had made its debut-either a beefed-up MIG-15 or a new-model MIG. The U.S. Air Force did its best to squelch such speculations. Improved Red air tactics, said a high-ranking U.S. airman ("It's only logical to assume they've held exhaustive critiques on our tactics"), could give the mistaken impression that the Reds are flying better planes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AIR WAR: Skyful of Jets | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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