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To: agere_contra; Little Ray; Gamera977; af_vet_rr

Re: "The first ever jet combat was a Gloucester Meteor against one of these 262's"

From http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/korea50/k50-2.htm

After defeating the NKAF, UN air forces enjoyed a period of air supremacy until the arrival of the MiG-15 in November 1950. Initially flown in combat by Soviet pilots, and later by Chinese and North Koreans, the MiG-15 potentially threatened to wrest control of the air away from UN forces, as it seriously outclassed the best USAF fighter in Korea, the F-80C. Even so, F-80 pilots were able to turn inside the MiGs when attacked and scored some victories.

In fact, on November 8, 1950, in the first jet-to-jet combat in history, Lt. Russell Brown scored the first victory against a MiG-15.


161 posted on 01/13/2006 6:29:27 PM PST by Bender2 (Even dirty old robots need love!)
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To: Bender2

Thought so. Didn't think there was any jet to jet combat in WWII.


203 posted on 01/14/2006 5:28:42 PM PST by Little Ray (I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
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