MiG vs Sabre 1951 - Crisis Over Korea

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:14:11 +0000

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November 1st 1950 marked the beginning of an aerial counter attack that the Americans were not prepared for. These North Korean MiGs with their suspiciously competent and Russian speaking pilots would prove to be the end of many American aviators. F-86 pilots would meet the MiGs head on, embarking on one of the bloodiest, longest lasting, and most equally matched aerial battles ever fought, over a highly contested area on the Chinese border known only as “MiG Alley”. So, who came out on top? Which Cold War combination of aircraft, training and tactics was superior?

(I put the wrong planes on screen at 31:00 and for this I am eternally shamed)

No Guts, No Glory! - https://www.simhq.com/_air/PDF/NGNG.pdf

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Berlin 1945 (somehow)
03:53 Swept Wings 101
06:07 The F-86 Sabre
07:45 Sponsor Message
09:07 The MiG-15
13:07 Technical Showdown
13:57 A War? In Korea?
15:35 Skirmishes Begin
17:15 The Soviets Respond
19:37 The MiG-15bis
20:30 Tactics!
24:14 No Guts? No Glory!
25:16 The F-86E
27:34 New planes... new pilots
31:08 So... Who Won?
33:40 Outro

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