In the early 1950s, epic battles unfolded in the skies over North Korea as American and Russian fighters faced off in history's first jet war. This program explores the Korean War's aerial tactics, ...

The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

MiG Alley wasn’t just a stretch of airspace over Korea. It was where the Cold War quietly became lethal. American pilots ...

The Soviet MiG-15bis and the American F-86 Sabre pushed aviation technology to its limits during the Korean War. When they met in dogfights over the Yalu River, in an area nicknamed MiG Alley, both ...

In 1950, Russian and American fighters clashed over Korea in the fastest dogfights ever seen. This was the world’s first jet war, pitting the two most advanced planes of their day, the American F-86 ...

Lieut. Colonel William E. Bertram of Chicago was heating water on a gasoline burner—for a bath in the half-shell of a discarded belly tank. Bertram gave his story of last week’s first big battle ...

The Pacific Aviation Museum’s newest aircraft exhibit was blessed tonight during a sneak preview for dignitaries and Korean War veterans. MiG Alley will open to the public next Friday, commemorating ...

Discussed the history and tactics of the MiG fighter planes in "MiG Alley" along the Yalu River between China and Korea during the Korean War. Includes live action and air warfare simulations ...

Go back in the time and relive the first all-out jet fighter dogfights in two iconic aircraft in the infamous Mig Alley: F-86 Sabre and Mig-15 Fagot.

In 1952, as the Korean War raged on, the narrow stretch of airspace near the Yalu River known as MiG Alley remained the most dangerous place in the sky. On a reconnaissance mission deep inside it, ...