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RED WINGS OVER THE YALU EXAS A&M UNIVERSI T 80 T Y ✩ ✩ MILITARYHISTORY SERIES Joseph G. Dawson III, General Editor Robert Doughty Brian Linn Craig Symonds Robert Wooster Red Wings over the Yalu China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea Xiaoming Zhang Copyright © by Xiaoming Zhang Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, .-. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zhang, Xiaoming, – Red wings over the Yalu : China, the Soviet Union, and the air war in Korea / Joseph G. Dawson, general editor. p. cm.— (Texas A & M University military history series ; no. ) Includes bibliographical references and index. ––– (cloth) . Korean War, –—Aerial operations, Chinese. . Air power—China—History. I. Dawson, Joseph G., – II. Title. III. Series. .. .'–dc To my father, a veteran of the PLAAF Contents List of Illustrations List of Maps Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction CHAPTERS . Aviation and the Chinese Revolution: A Historical Perspective . Fledgling Years: The Emergence of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force . Promise, Decision, and the Airpower Factor . From Defending China to Intervention in Korea . Months of Frustration: Plans and Preparations . Soviet Air Operations in Korea . China Enters the Air War . From MiG Alley to Panmunjom . Conclusion: Estimations, Lessons, Retrospect, and Future Perspectives Appendix A. PLAAF Aviation Troops, – Appendix B. Soviet VVS/POV Forces in China, – Appendix C. Soviet PVO Forces in Korea, November , –July , Appendix D. CPV Air Forces in Korea, December, – July, Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations Liu Yuti, a d Aviation Division pilot fl A eet of Chinese La- aircraft A formation of Chinese Tu- s Students from the First Elementary School in the city of Xi’an Mao Zedong meets with Kim Il Sung Chinese leaders discuss plans for intervening in Korea Peng Dehuai upon his appointment as CPV commander F- s of the th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, USAF Fang Ziyi and Li Han pose with pilots from the division’s th Flying Group, th Regiment fi Li Han, the rst Chinese aviator credited with shooting down a U.S. aircraft in Korea ff Chinese MiGs await the order to take o fi Engineers at work on an air eld in North Korea A B- formation approaches its target in North Korea Zhao Baotong, China’s leading Korean War ace Wang Hai and pilots of his st Flying Group, th Regiment, d Fighter Aviation Division Liu Yuti describes how he shot down an aircraft Gao Yueming and his crew beside a Tu- Wang Tianbao poses with his La- Surviving bomber crewmen pose with maintenance personnel after a bloody mission A group of F- pilots pictured at Kimpo Air Base, Korea Zhang Jihui poses in the cockpit of his MiG- bis fi Wang Hai at a mission debrie ng with Liu Yalou Acting Commander Yuan Bing and Political Commissar Gao Houliang of the d Aviation Division Yao Changchun of the th Aviation Division Lu Min of the th Fighter Aviation Division ff Chinese air force ground crews preparing for takeo
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