F-86 Sabre Aces of the 4th Fighter Wing (Aircraft of the Aces, 72)

The entry of the United StateвЂTMs premier jet interceptor into the Korean War was triggered by the ever-increasing presence of the Soviet-built MiG-15 south of the Yalu River. The possibility of the USAF losing air supremacy over the Korean Peninsula was unacceptable. The 4th Fighter Wing got the call for combat in Korea. They were made up of a combination of new pilots right out of jet training and the older combat veterans of World War II vintage. This combination of pilot types wrote and re-wrote the text books on jet warfare. Of the 40 jet aces that the war produced, the 4th Wing boasted 24 of them. They also were the dominating MiG killer outfit with the USAF. 001.jpg......Page 1 002.jpg......Page 2 003.jpg......Page 3 004.jpg......Page 4 005.jpg......Page 5 006.jpg......Page 6 007.jpg......Page 7 008.jpg......Page 8 009.jpg......Page 9 010.jpg......Page 10 011.jpg......Page 11 012.jpg......Page 12 013.jpg......Page 13 014.jpg......Page 14 015.jpg......Page 15 016.jpg......Page 16 017.jpg......Page 17 018.jpg......Page 18 019.jpg......Page 19 020.jpg......Page 20 021.jpg......Page 21 022.jpg......Page 22 023.jpg......Page 23 024.jpg......Page 24 025.jpg......Page 25 025-1.jpg......Page 26 025-2.jpg......Page 27 026.jpg......Page 28 027.jpg......Page 29 028.jpg......Page 30 029.jpg......Page 31 030.jpg......Page 32 031.jpg......Page 33 032.jpg......Page 34 033.jpg......Page 35 034.jpg......Page 36 035.jpg......Page 37 036.jpg......Page 38 037.jpg......Page 39 038.jpg......Page 40 039.jpg......Page 41 040.jpg......Page 42 041.jpg......Page 43 042.jpg......Page 44 043.jpg......Page 45 044.jpg......Page 46 045.jpg......Page 47 046.jpg......Page 48 047.jpg......Page 49 048.jpg......Page 50 049.jpg......Page 51 050.jpg......Page 52 051.jpg......Page 53 052.jpg......Page 54 053.jpg......Page 55 054.jpg......Page 56 055.jpg......Page 57 056.jpg......Page 58 057.jpg......Page 59 058.jpg......Page 60 059.jpg......Page 61 060.jpg......Page 62 061.jpg......Page 63 062.jpg......Page 64 063.jpg......Page 65 064.jpg......Page 66 065.jpg......Page 67 066.jpg......Page 68 067.jpg......Page 69 068.jpg......Page 70 069.jpg......Page 71 070.jpg......Page 72 071.jpg......Page 73 072.jpg......Page 74 073.jpg......Page 75 074.jpg......Page 76 075.jpg......Page 77 076.jpg......Page 78 077.jpg......Page 79 078.jpg......Page 80 079.jpg......Page 81 080.jpg......Page 82 081.jpg......Page 83 082.jpg......Page 84 083.jpg......Page 85 084.jpg......Page 86 085.jpg......Page 87 086.jpg......Page 88 087.jpg......Page 89 088.jpg......Page 90 089.jpg......Page 91 090.jpg......Page 92 091.jpg......Page 93 092.jpg......Page 94 093.jpg......Page 95 094.jpg......Page 96 095.jpg......Page 97 096.jpg......Page 98 097.jpg......Page 99 098.jpg......Page 100

The entry of the United State’s premier jet interceptor into the Korean War was triggered by the ever-increasing presence of the Soviet-built MiG-15 south of the Yalu River. The possibility of the USAF losing air supremacy over the Korean Peninsula was unacceptable. The 4th Fighter Wing got the call for combat in Korea. They were made up of a combination of new pilots right out of jet training and the older combat veterans of World War II vintage. This combination of pilot types wrote and re-wrote the text books on jet warfare. Of the 40 jet aces that the war produced, the 4th Wing boasted 24 of them. They also were the dominating MiG killer outfit with the USAF.

The entry of the United State's premier jet interceptor into the Korean War was triggered by the ever-increasing presence of the Soviet-built MiG-15 south of the Yalu River. The possibility of the USAF losing air supremacy over the Korean Peninsula was unacceptable. The 4th Fighter Wing got the call for combat in Korea. They were made up of a combination of new pilots right out of jet training and the older combat veterans of World War II vintage. This combination of pilot types wrote and re-wrote the text books on jet warfare. Of the 40 jet aces that the war produced, the 4th Wing boasted 24 of them. This book details these incredible pilots and the planes they flew. Beretter om de amerikanske flyver-esser fra "4th Fighter Wing", der med deres F-86 Sabre-jagerfly deltog i Koreakrigen i perioden 1950-1953