{"product_id":"mig-alley-the-us-air-force-in-korea-1950-53-9781472836090","title":"MIG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitled after the wartime nickname for the part of North Korea that was the epicentre of a bitter struggle for air superiority over the Korean Peninsula, \u003ci\u003eMiG Alley\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth analysis of the US Air Force's war in Korea, packed with interesting and exciting personal stories based on first-person testimony from both American and Soviet sources.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the end of the Korean War, the prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, among other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end of the Cold War, when Soviet records of the conflict were finally opened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked with first-hand accounts and covering the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, \u003ci\u003eMiG Alley\u003c\/i\u003e brings the war vividly to life and the record is finally set straight on a number of popular fabrications. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472836090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Thomas McKelvey Cleaver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616716906677,"sku":"9781472836090","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781472836090.jpg?v=1793120285","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mig-alley-the-us-air-force-in-korea-1950-53-9781472836090","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}