korean war

Korean War Aircraft: The F9F Panther, MiG-15, And Other Key Jet Fighters And Bombers https://youtu.be/KUzSxwVD7u8?si=bPVbOi3SX3dQQu5T

Britain's Gift To The Soviets. When Rolls Royce Gave The Jet Engine To Russia, And They Copied It https://youtu.be/2rjWL78PndY

Korean War. Vice Admiral Jerry Miller Remembers And Criticizes The Conflict Beginning The Early Days https://youtu.be/5PYvcNBWn5U

Why did the Air Force choose to operate the B-29 over the B-50 in Korea? Was it a matter of the number of airframes available or was it because SAC needed the B-50s for the nuclear deterrence role? It's a question that's been bugging me for a while given the fact that on paper at least the B-50...

The Last Battle Of The B-29 Superfortress. The Korean War And The Soviet MiG-15 https://youtu.be/5NqR9IQioGM

Royce Williams, a USN aviator flying an F9F Panther shot down 4 MiG-15s in air-air combat over the Sea of Japan. Because the aircraft were Soviet -- not North Korean, even nominally -- the fight was classified for decades. Mr Williams was awarded the Navy Cross for his action by the current...

Probably, the first Western movie about Korean War in 50 years?

This aircraft was flown by Col. Dean Elmer Hess. He served in ww2 and when korean war has begun, he lead korean's first fighter squadron 'Bout-One'. His nose art '信念의 鳥人' means 'I fly by faith'.

Was English Electric Canberra ever considered for the Korean War? And if it was, why not deployed there? Wikipedia: "In May 1951, the Canberra entered RAF squadron service, No. 101 Squadron being the first to receive the type. In a testament to the aircraft's benign handling characteristics...

MiG-15 in camouflage.

Can anyone tell me what types of aviation gasoline were available to the US Air Force in Korea. I saw one site that talked about JP1 jet fuel used by the Air Force and JP3 used by the Marines, but the Marines also used 100/130 and 115/145 av gas in their jets and eventually just standardized on...

Of the USN single-engined bomber aircraft that were NOT the Douglas AD/A-1, which do you think might have been the next best choice for the role? I'm including the Martin AM Mauler and Grumman AF Guardian in this, though they DID see service, the others, not so much...