TransTomboy [she/her, they/them]
Another even funner story of the Mig 15 in Korea is that of April 12, 1951 or ‘Black Thursday’ as the Americans called it, where 30 Mig 15s attacked 48 B29 Bombers escorted by around 100 F-80 Shooting Star and F84 Thunderjet fighters and shot down 3 B29s and damaged 7 more with no losses of their own (The USAF however had a habit of claiming that aircraft too severely damaged to fly again or that crashed as a result of battle damage suffered ‘Mechanical failures’ or ‘Landing Accidents’. Soviet sources claimed 12 B29 kills, however both sides had a habit of overclaiming victories.)
The USAF ceased all B29 raids for 3 months, and even after restarting raids only flew in small numbers at night. The Soviets gave the B29 the nickname ‘The Burning Barn’ as a result of their operations against them.
As an actual fun footnote, this may have also reduced the risk of nuclear war, as the US command MUST have realized that there was no way in hell an unescorted B-29 would be able to reach its target in Russia without getting slaughtered.
Wonder how LeMay reacted when his SAC started losing many of their precious B-29s to the Soviet’s best flying Mig 15s.
(Fun fact, the first jet on jet kill in history was a pair of USAF F80’s shot down by Mig 15s, however the US claimed them as missing (Or shot down by AAA) while the first US claim on a jet came several days later and de-classified Russian reports show the aircraft returned to base with little damage. Source: Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces ‘Mig 15 Aces over Korea’ which if you have an interest in the Korean Air War is a must.
Also Footnote 2, At least the top 2 aces (Possibly 3) of the Korean War flew under the Red Star.
Didn’t you hear? Nothing on the left is allowed to have any co-incidence related to it or it’s an Op and any character flaws or instability in the persons involved are a result of the CIA and the US Government.
/s in case it’s not obvious
What’s difficult to explain, He’s a weirdo who got caught up in the movement, who had a gun because America, and the US police are bastards and shot him a bunch. The Vice article, Trump Tweet and Timing probably are connected, because when VICE announced their article, Trump probably caught wind, ordered something, and the wheels were set in motion.
The Timing of the article releasing and his death are a co-incidence.
Could have been that he didn’t feel the need to be ‘politically active’ until the BLM protests or was quite reserved/cautious? Prehaps something must have resonated with them? I kinda hate the idea that everything has to be a op of some sort if the person involved has flaws or seems a bit odd.
Ann Tifa really is one talented woman.
I knew r/HistoryMemes was bad, but I feel that recently it’s gone particularly fashy.