South Korea

--/o\-- BRIEFING --/o\--
WP 1 - Bogugot-Ri Island
WP 2 - Hangang Bridge
WP 3 - Sihwa Seawall

Take the same flight plan and change one or two variables (time of day, altitude) and you get a whole different experience!

The P-51 Mustang was apparently known as the F-51 in the Korean War. What was one of the most formidable and effective air superiority machines in WW2 was, only 5 years later relegated mainly to a ground attack role. The jet age had begun.

"The F-80 Shooting Star was flying in Italy in January 1945 but didn't see combat.
On the 8th of November 1950 a Shooting Star shot down a MiG-15 in what is thought to be the first jet to jet air combat encounter. The first 4 months of the Korean war saw the F-80 bearing the brunt of the combat with over 15,000 sorties being flown."

"The F84 ThunderJet often ran out of runway in the hot Korean weather and was known as the ""Groundhog"" because of this reluctance to become airborne. I noticed fairly quickly in MiG Alley that on take-off it is important to keep the flaps down until the speed has built up and to keep the climb out fairly shallow. Other fliers have reported that a ""flaps up"" setting is best for takeoff, with a very shallow climb out... barely clearing the treetops at about 2 degrees climb angle."

The F-86 Sabre is modelled in the A, E and F Variants.

Your have five fighter squadrons and two bomber squadrons under your command.

The Forward Air Controllers in MiG Alley are a first for Combat flight sims.

The aircraft in MiG Alley use the classic "Finger Four" formation. This was known to Commonwealth pilots (Canadian and Australian) as "High Battle Formation". According to Christie Harris, who flew for the RCAF in the 1950's, "You started as a wingman, with three practically foolproof opportunities for disaster.

No. 77 Squadron became not only the first Australian squadron, but the first of the whole British Commonwealth to enter the fighting. In three years No. 77 Squadron lost thirty-five members dead and in addition a number of RAF pilots on exchange duty with the Squadron were killed in action. The Squadron carried out 81,872 individual sorties, destroying 3,700 buildings, 1,500 vehicles and 16 bridges.