Over MiG Alley, Soviet and American pilots fought the world’s first jet-versus-jet war. The MiG-15 climbed higher and struck harder, but the Sabre’s speed and handling turned the tide. What started as ...

Key Point: In the end, the Sabre vs. MiG duel made for great newsprint. But much like the Korean War, it ultimately counted for little. The Korean War was the first of the post-1945 small wars, those ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Russian, Chinese and North Korean MiG pilots discovered the Sabre was razor-sharp. It couldn’t fly as high, climb as fast or maneuver as agilely as its Soviet-made ...

The Soviet MiG-15bis and the American F-86 Sabre pushed aviation technology to its limits during the Korean War. When they met in dogfights over the Yalu River, in an area nicknamed MiG Alley, both ...

The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

F-86 pilot and Museum docent Lt. Gen. William Earl Brown describes flying the F-86 Sabre against the MiG-15 in the Korean War. MiG-15 pilot Ken Rowe, who escaped with a MiG-15 and delivered it to the ...

In the early 1950s, epic battles unfolded in the skies over North Korea as American and Russian fighters faced off in history's first jet war. This program explores the Korean War's aerial tactics, ...

WHEN THE SUPERPOWERS FACED OFF IN THE AIR OVER KOREA, EACH SIDE WANTED WHAT THE OTHER ONE HAD. The U.S. Air Force was able to determine precisely how the Soviet-built MiG-15 compared with its own ...

When America’s F-86 Sabre met the Soviet MiG-15 in 1951, it was the world’s first large scale jet on jet war. Over the Yalu River, small groups of U.S. pilots fought outnumbered against waves of MiGs ...