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    10 ICONS OF THE KOREAN AIR WAR

    Feb 18, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS MICHAEL NAPIER
    Credit: US National Archive
    Credit: US National Archive
    Credit: USAF Museum

    The closing months of the Second World War saw the first combat flight of the jet fighter, with the deployment of Nazi Germany’s Me 262 – a milestone in aviation history that changed air warfare forever. However, jet fighters would not truly come into their own until the following decade. In his new book Korean Air War, former RAF pilot Michael Napier recounts the overlooked story of the first large-scale jet-versus-jet conflict, and how air forces of the nine belligerent nations adapted their flight combat tactics and aircraft design to keep up with the

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