I thank you for that reply.
I have no doubt that, specifically during Korea, the MIG aircraft were largely flown by Soviets. Jet aircraft were new, and so was China.
The Yalu River is not that far north and mostly separates Korea from China. The Tumen river does separate Korea from the Soviet Union, near Vladovostok.
There seems, to me, a “cloud” of history of the Cold War that protects China from its actions in killing Americans in Korea and Vietnam that, frankly, bothers me. I am sure that China was aided and supplied by the Soviet Union, but they in turn were the entirety of the cause of the Korean war and the killing of Americans, there.
For some reason, China gets a complete pass and is never even mentioned in the article.
It’s like reading about Ukraine.
” but they in turn were the entirety of the cause of the Korean war and the killing of Americans, there.”
Yes, the Soviets gave the green light for the invasion by the Norks. At that time, no one in the communist world would dare do anything, no matter how small, without Joe Stalin’s approval.