The MiG pilots had completely misjudged the Skyraiders, possibly assuming their speed advantage would ensure early victory—only to be outfought in close combat, where the A-1H Skyraider excelled.

Designed at the height of the Cold War, the MiG-17 (Mikoyan-Gurevich) was one of the most iconic fighters of Soviet military aviation. Originally created to replace the MiG-15, which had already shown ...

The Soviet-era MiG-17 fighter platform is perhaps best recognized for its role in the Vietnam War. In 1965, North Vietnamese pilots quietly approached a pair of American F-8E Crusader fighter bombers ...

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 ...

The Israeli Air Force achieved an unmatched air combat victory in the 1982 Lebanon War. The battle, known as Operation Mole Cricket 19, saw over 60 enemy aircraft eliminated without a single Israeli ...