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| USAF Negative Number: 84056 AC NASM Videodisc Number: 4A?26243 AIRPLANES: GROUND, RUSSIAN HQ. FEAF, TOKYO ??? This Russian-built MIG?15, with markings changed to those of the U.S. Air Force, is ready for test flight on Okinawa. The Communist fighter plane, which was flown to Kimpo Air Base in Korea last month by North Korean Pilot Ro Kum Suk, was dismantled, flown to a U.S. Air Force installation on Okinawa, and reassembled for tests by American technical experts. Maj. Gen Albert Boyd, commander of Wright Air Development Center, Wright?Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, headed a team of test pilots that also included Maj. Charles Yeager, the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, and Capt. Tom Collins. After a week of testing, which included simulated combat with F?86 "Satire" jets, they said the MIG?15 did not measure up to the F?86. October 1953. |
