[anthipas]

hi guys its my first topic and my english are not so good.I am flying missions with F-86 ,F-80 and now with the panther.I am flying and fight (simulated) years now and the only killing against those mig's (ace level...always) are only by luck.i thing is the FM of f-80 .anyway ,anyone have any tactics to engage migs????

[Triad773]

See Bolter's comments here (The link is inoperative)

Was just reading that and think it answers your question. I'd have F-86's flying CAP while the Panthers take out the ground targets.

Triad

[anthipas]

thanks triad but even the F-86 have problem.if the mig climb and then dive against you its all over and if you start a turn fight you are losing all your energy and the mig win again .

[NineToes]

Maybe it's because the MiG is a better plane... :lol:

[Dietz]

Migs are all jumped up - their original FM was too... :?

[stansdds]

The MiG-15 was slightly better than the F-86, but the MiG suffered from high speed instability and it's weapons had a slow rate of fire. What gave the F-86 is legendary status was pilot training. U.S. pilots were highly skilled, North Korean pilots had far less training and that does make a big difference.

Here's a quick and interesting read on the subject, complete with a comparison chart.

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p86_11.html

[caldrail]

The covert introduction of WW2 veteran Russian pilots came as an unwelcome suprise to the US. I remember seeing a document from the period discussing tactics and the relative strengths and weaknesses of F-86/Mig 15 encounters. It seems the americans were warned on arriving in the theatre that the enemy planes weren't walkovers.