Much like the Spitfire/Bf-109 matchup in the BoB, the F-86/MiG-15 matchup in the Korean War was so close technically, it often came down to ambush and/or pilot vs pilot.
However what if the North American brass could not be convinced to abandon the original straight wing design so late in the design phase, resulting in the cancellation of the aircraft (as there was little performance difference to the P-80 and P-84 designs) . Would the MiGs have ruled the skies over Korea, curtailing, or even preventing, any effective UN bombing campaigns? What would be the ramifications to the ground war?
ric350
However what if the North American brass could not be convinced to abandon the original straight wing design so late in the design phase, resulting in the cancellation of the aircraft (as there was little performance difference to the P-80 and P-84 designs) . Would the MiGs have ruled the skies over Korea, curtailing, or even preventing, any effective UN bombing campaigns? What would be the ramifications to the ground war?
ric350
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