Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:44 pm
Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:21 pm
Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:25 pm
Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:21 pm
JohnB wrote:No, but they did give the serial of a F-86D. While not specifically saying so, the article gives one the impression it was shot down in the war.
Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:56 am
Snake45 wrote:JohnB wrote:No, but they did give the serial of a F-86D. While not specifically saying so, the article gives one the impression it was shot down in the war.
Of course, no F-86Ds were flown in the Korean War.
Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:07 am
Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:59 am
Sopwith wrote:Interesting Quemerford, how you view "Flypast" and the other British magazines, It's nice to see other points of view. Let us hope that your post it is read by those concerned and that they take note.
Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:27 am
Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:46 am
Rick65 wrote:I thought that the Korean War had an armistice but never a peace treaty so technically continues to this day.
Both sides have armies either side of a demilitarized zone, the North has fired artillery into South islands and sunk a South naval ship not that long ago, the conflict may have cooled but it is not resolved.
Could the helicopter and Sabre come from later encounters after the 1950 to 53 conflict?
Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:55 am
quemerford wrote:And the fault isn't really one of the magazine being unaware of US topics: Flypast is not much more than a tabloid rag and its production (both in editorial and presentation) is in a similar vein. Sadly there are few quality, UK-produced historical aviation magazines now.
Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:46 pm
JohnB wrote:quemerford wrote:And the fault isn't really one of the magazine being unaware of US topics: Flypast is not much more than a tabloid rag and its production (both in editorial and presentation) is in a similar vein. Sadly there are few quality, UK-produced historical aviation magazines now.
My complaint isn't with FlyPast or UK aviation magazines in general. I've read (and contributed to) FlyPast for years and generally, they do an excellent job covering US military aviation. While they haven't done deep type histories like we used to see in Wings and Airpower, Thye've done a very good job at telling stories about combat operations.
Just in this one case, the editors were out to lunch to miss something so glaring...especially the serial number.
As far as a 1968 (or whenever) F-68D shootdown...that would have been a ROK aircraft. USAF 86s were out of theater by then.
BTW: no mention of the EC-121 (1968, IIRC) shootdown either.
Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:47 pm
Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:58 pm
Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:47 am
Fouga23 wrote:Indeed, the Koran war never ended. It is still ongoing!
Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:10 am
Fouga23 wrote:Indeed, the Korean war never ended. It is still ongoing!