Acsension isnt very close to the Falklands, it is north of Tropic of Capricorn! I thought there were Phantoms there….
sounds plausible as Acension is more then 1000 miles away

remarkable airplane for it’s time, had the first heads up system, and was a truly, great aircraft to the crew. Unfortunely the linear bomb bay was a dismal failure, and its time in the fleet was short lived.

I dont think it had the first HUD… I remember rading it was something else… I’ll go through the book i was reading.

-No US troops in Europe

AAAAHHHHH!!!! NNNNOOOOO!!!!!
How would i ski and drink Augustiner beer to my hearts content on the goverments bill if there was no US presence in Germany! GOD BLESS MWR!!!!!

Mig 15 first flight dec 1947 and was in front line service before F86 first flight
22 Dec 1949. That’s at least 2 years by my maths.

really? 😮

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mig-15.htm
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/Aircraft/Mig-15/Page1.html
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/airdef/mig-15.htm

MiG-15 was not in service until 1949, though prototypes flew as early as 1947.
F-86 prototypes flew shortly after the war and was in service by 1949.

http://www.warbirdalley.com/f86.htm
http://www.constable.ca/f86.htm
http://www.boeing.com/history/bna/f86.htm

In fact I would argue the exact reverse of what you just said. The F-86 was in works for longer then the MiG-15. Seems your math is a bit flawed…

Besides a “first flight” does NOT mean operational service. Otherwise the F-22 would be been in service since 1997 and JSF already!

The pace of aircraft developement in the late forties and fifties was so fast, that in reality, they were from different eras.The F86 was superior because it was newer.

The F-86 was no “newer” then the MiG-15….both from the 1948 time period.

Huge advantage for F-86 was hydraulic controls meaning it could go from on manuvear to another faster and with less fatigue.
Advantage in armament went to the Mig-15 with its cannon. The .50 was horribly ineffective with regard to destroying a MiG-15.
Training wise, one must be careful as too who you are comparing. The Soviets, Chinese or NK’s. With regard to the latter two, yes our pilots were better trained. Against many Soviet pilots who flew in the Great Patriotic War training and experince was very simialar. Lots of new evidence of this is now coming to light.

Feb 1999

Also Etriean Mig-29 downed a MiG-21 with cannon fire in 2000