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Старый 16-06-2007, 21:57   #17
olegkirillov
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Прочихалось.
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While the truce talks brought most of the ground fighting to a halt, the air buttles on the Yalu continued to rage. The 4th FIW got two more aces in September when 1Lt. Richard Becker and Capt. Ralph "Hoot" Gibson each got their 5th. This was due to the fact that the Reds were making a full effort at gaining air superiority over MiG Alley. Outnumbering the Sabres up to 6-1, they entered MiG Alley in groups of up to 100 aircraft. Using every tactic in the book, including head-on passes like Luftwaffe pilots did on B-17s, sheer numbers began to have an effect. FEAF had to pull its fighter-bombers out of operations in MiG Alley.
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But the MiGs came up on 22 October over Taechon. One B-29 was lost. On 23 October, the MiGs were waiting for the 29s over Namsi. 100 MiGs jumped all over the 34 F-86s screening for the 29s. With the F-86s thus contained, 50 MiGs hit the B-29 force with brutal attacks. The F-84s that were escorting were completely outclassed. When it was all over, 3 B-29s went down along with 1 F-84. The B-29 force had suffered major damage to ALL aircraft. FEAF decided that the B-29s could no longer operate in daylight hours. The MiGs had finally won a battle.
The air battle at Namsi was the deciding factor in the USAF decision to re-equip the 51st FIW with Sabres. 75 brand-new F-86Es were loaded on the jeep carriers Cape Esperance and Sitko Bay and sent to Japan. Since the 51st had only two squadrons, the 16th and 25th, the 4th FIW also got some of the new E models.
The MiGs were trying out more new tactics on the F-86s. 'Bandit Trains' of around 75 MiGs would cross the Yalu at points about 40 miles apart. Flying at 40,000 feet, and dropping off flights to engage the Sabre patrols, the main body would fly south with both 'trains' meeting over PyongYang. Swinging back north, now with some 120 MiGs, they would jump any UN aircraft in the area. Another 'train' would come across the river to cover the first two on withdrawal. The fuel starved Sabres, bound for home after fighting the MiGs on the Yalu, were to be caught in this pincers. Had the Red pilots been well trained or aggressive, the results could have been disastrous.
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It was at this time that the Sabre pilots began to note a definite pattern In MiG flight tactics. It was much like that used in a training class. First the MiG 'class' would fly very high and fast, avoiding combat. Over a period of weeks, they'd start to come down in altitude and some of them would attempt to engage the Sabres. Finally, after a few months, they would fight very willingly to see how good they had become. If they survived the 'graduation', they rotated out and a new 'class' was brought in, with the cycle repeating. This was very frustrating for the F-86 drivers who wanted nothing more than to mix it up with the MIGs, Even though the MiGs entered the 'Alley' in formations of up to 200 planes, they'd sit at about 48,000 feet, 'right on the mach', and cruise back and forth. The Sabres, even the 51st Wing's new E models, simply couldn't get to them.
On both 6 and 25 January, the 51st went all the way to 45,000 feet and caught some of the MiGs by surprise. Some of the MiGs were at their altitudes and the 51st pilots shot 25 of them down. In the same month, the 4th Wing flying a mixed bag of F-86As and Es got only 5 confirmed, pointing up the need to replace the old A models.
"MiG Alley" by Larry Davis, Signal/Squadron publications, ISBN 0-89747-081-8
Таких заявок там полно.
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