Word: ilyushins
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...better part of ten days, the North Korean air force had been lying low. During the war's first two weeks, busy Russian-built Yak fighters and Ilyushin assault planes had taken a beating from U.S. jet planes. Then the Northern command apparently decided to husband its planes and airmen. U.S. observers guessed that the Reds had either withdrawn their planes to Manchurian bases, or had hidden them in underground hangars built into the Korean mountainside...
...waged its war in the air against negligible Red opposition- a few propeller-driven Yak 3s, 7s, 9s and 15s, some Ilyushin 10s. This week, the Air Force heard what might prove to be serious news. A number of new-type Russian-made jet fighters, said a MacArthur communique, had been sighted in action over Chongju. The Reds' new plane was described as "smaller than the American F-80, with swept-back wings, a stubby fuselage and blunt nose...
Decided Edge. The air war in Korea was a different story. Here the U.S. had a decided edge and was taking regular advantage of it (see above). The Russian planes so far used by the North Koreans have been Yak propeller-driven fighters and Ilyushin assault planes. The planes in use have been Yak-3s and Yak-y-Bs, perhaps some...