A US Navy F9F Panther and not a USAF F-80 Shooting Star scored the first first jet-vs-jet kill, hence the official USAF history is wrong – The Aviation Geek Club

A US Navy F9F Panther and not a USAF F-80 Shooting Star scored the first first jet-vs-jet kill, hence the official USAF history is wrong – The Aviation Geek Club

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Ejection of a MiG Pilot.

This unusual sequence of photos, taken by gun camera film of a U.S. Air Force F-86 “Sabre” jet fighter-interceptor shows a Communist MiG-15 pilot abandoning his aircraft after it has been hit by the “Sabre’s” gunfire. The MiG-kill went to 2Lt Edwin E. Aldrin Jr, Montclair, NJ, on May 14, 1950 during a 6-day period which saw Air Force “Sabre” pilots destroy 36 Red MiG jets.

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Ejection of a MiG Pilot.

This unusual sequence of photos, taken by gun camera film of a U.S. Air Force F-86 “Sabre” jet fighter-interceptor shows a Communist MiG-15 pilot abandoning his aircraft after it has been hit by the “Sabre’s” gunfire. The MiG-kill went to 2Lt Edwin E. Aldrin Jr, Montclair, NJ, on May 14, 1950 during a 6-day period which saw Air Force “Sabre” pilots destroy 36 Red MiG jets.

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