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2025-11-27 Science & Technology

Full Metal Jacket: How the West Came to Respect Our Combat Aviation

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Posted by badanov 2025-11-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1782 views ] Top

1 This is an interesting read.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2025-11-27 06:17|| 2025-11-27 06:17|| Front Page Top

2 I was thinking the reference was to Russian pilots dogfighting our guys in Korea. Not that they were there.

Posted by Matt 2025-11-27 11:45|| 2025-11-27 11:45|| Front Page Top

3 #2 I was thinking the reference was to Russian pilots dogfighting our guys in Korea. Not that they were there.

Actually, they were. Corresponded with one one MiG pilot, who also flew the Aircorbra during WWII.

Posted by badanov 2025-11-27 11:59|| 2025-11-27 11:59|| Front Page Top

4 Not that they were there.

My Sarcasm Detector is alerting.

Posted by SteveS 2025-11-27 12:26|| 2025-11-27 12:26|| Front Page Top

5 A fun book to read is Ascent by Jed Mercurio, about a Russian who flies in Korea and then becomes a cosmonaut. Yes, they were definitely there.

Posted by Matt 2025-11-27 12:36|| 2025-11-27 12:36|| Front Page Top

6 I got bored waiting for the tanksgiving table to be filled so I took a look aee at the Tupolev TB-1 and I found it to be interesting.

Here's a look from the above Winki page:

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-11-27 13:54|| 2025-11-27 13:54|| Front Page Top

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