A secret US operation spent months trying to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. A North Korean defector who never heard of the operation handed them one and was paid $100,000 for it.

When the roar of jet engines echoed over the frozen landscapes of North Korea in 1952, it often signaled a clash of titans in the skies. But on one particular ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams will receive the Medal of Honor for shooting down four Soviet MiG-15 fighters in November 1952.

Key Points and Summary - Conceived as a lighter, cheaper counterpart to the Su-27 and a foil to America’s F-16, Mikoyan’s MiG-29 was built for short-to-medium-range fights from austere strips. -Agile, ...