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Those pilots were NK volunteers as both sides knew well. Just like some missile tech had bad days near Hanoi - just a bunch of expat technical advisors. I mea
by jleyank 5y ago
Those pilots were NK volunteers as both sides knew well. Just like some missile tech had bad days near Hanoi - just a bunch of expat technical advisors. I meant white star shooting at red star for real.
- dragonwriter 5y agoThey were Soviet pilots from Soviet units deployed from the Soviet air defense command (not Frontal Aviation, the main tactical arm at the time) and operating out of bases in China. Before the fall of the USSR there was only (if overwhelming) indirect evidence that they were Soviet units, but afterwards there was no doubt.