{"product_id":"mig-alley-the-us-air-force-in-korea-1950-53-paperback","title":"MIG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBoyne\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with a lifelong interest in the Korean War, and this work is the product of 25 years of research. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAces of the 78th Fighter Group\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eF4F and F6F Aces of VF-2\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eFabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Group\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eFlight Journal\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. During his 30 years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, he wrote the cult classic\u003ci\u003e The Terror Within\u003c\/i\u003e and worked as a supervising producer on a number of TV and cable series. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48338984632569,"sku":"9781472836090","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QxlLurCd1W9781472836090.webp?v=1777611271","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mig-alley-the-us-air-force-in-korea-1950-53-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}