Dozens of swept-wing F-86 Sabre jets streaked north across the Korean battle-line one morning last week, climbing steadily but slowly to conserve fuel. At the Yalu at 45,000 feet they found what they were looking for, and Russian-made MIG-155 began falling from the sky. In the afternoon the Sabres went back to the job. By nightfall they had destroyed 15 MIGs, set a new record for a single day's action (previous record: 13 MIGs downed on July 4, 1952), and brought the month's MIG total to 74. Delighted, the Fifth Air Force's new boss, Lieut. General Samuel Anderson, announced that...
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