The first wave of F-86 pilots in the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing included veterans of World War II combat. Ostensibly, they were to engage inexperienced Russian-trained Chinese MiG-15 pilots.

However, the ultimate defection of a Foxbat pilot in the late 1970s confirmed the Soviet fighter was simply a paper tiger. As mentioned earlier, the Foxbat was designed to directly counter ...

the only two women in history to become fighter pilot aces. For part III, we’ll stick with the WWII Soviet Air Force, only this time we’re not merely going to discuss a couple of individual ...