Mig 15

To be equally enjoyed by professional aviators and aviation buffs with limited technical knowledge, this biography brings to life the legendary aircraft that scored the highest kill ratio of any U.S. fighter aircraft in the Vietnam War.

La fameuse "zone 51" a alimenté de nombreuses rumeurs depuis les années 50. Mais loin des fantasmes de science-fiction, cette vaste base militaire du désert du Nevada abritait des secrets militaires bien réels. En 1955, l'armée de l'air américaine délimite au cœur du Nevada un vaste territoire dont l'accès est strictement réglementé. Les amateurs de SF croient que les autorités y cachent à l'opinion publique des vaisseaux spatiaux et des extra-terrestres. Des images circulent… En fait, la zone 51 permettait de tester du matériel de guerre (avions et nouvelles armes) et aussi d'analyser en toute quiétude les équipements de l'ennemi. Ainsi des Mig 21 soviétiques que des agents du Mossad israélien avaient pu se procurer et livrer aux Américains. Israël fut largement récompensé, puisqu'il reçut en échange des avions F-4 Phantom II.

This is the remarkable story of America's first swept-wing fighter and its elite battle-hardened aircrews. Developed from jet technology captured from the Germans after WWII, the F-86 approached speeds of Mach 1. First deployed during the Korean War, the F-86 battled the Soviet-made MiG-15, fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. For over two years, the F-86 Sabre took on the menacing Russian MiG-15 in the skies over Korea and out-performed it, accounting for a final ratio of 10-to-1. Whether playing interceptor or fighter-bomber, the Sabre was a battle winner. Find out why pilots called it the best plane they ever flew.

Summer 1945. While the victorious nations celebrate a return to peace, an iron curtain comes down to divide those who were formerly allies. For fifty years, the Communist Eastern bloc will confront the West, led by the Americans. This is the Cold War, the War of Worlds. In Indochina, Korea and Vietnam, the big nations wage war on each other through other peoples. And the emergence of nuclear weapons leaves mankind under perpetual threat of a new Apocalypse.