Eagle has landed

Before the USAF F-86 tactics demo team visited Taoyuan air base, its pilots defeated every allied Sabre in 30 plus mock combats worldwide.  With total over 20 kills the four ex-aces scored in the Korean War, the quad focused on testing the operational capability of Sabre recipients globally.  Surprisingly, in all three mock combats the Americans were forced to rock wings in front of their stubborn tailgaters, these Chinese turned out to be the best of the best!  In the debriefing, hosts still humbly learned their engagement analysis, but they also noticed the importance of the confidential USAF handout No Guts No Glory.  When returning the books nest morning, three CAF pilots had already finished the Chinese translation over night.

After the large scale air battles during 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, swarms of MiG ceased to exist over the strait, the air supremacy was firmly secured by the CAF.  Though six MiG-17s were blasted by Sidewinder over 35,000 ft, most kills were still claimed by superb gunnery of the F-86 pilots at low altitude in September.  The MiG simply was no match for its foe, while every Sabre pilots recorded over 1,000 F-86 flight hours.  Even the U.S. Naval pilots from the visiting 323 Sqn. learned that they could never won Chinese in mock combat at 25,000 ft, their FJ-4 only got slim chance over 35,000 ft high altitude.  The CAF pilots learned fast, such as High Speed YoYo taught by the friendly USN allies.  Years later they performed hi yoyo to fought the more advanced Corsair in mock combat, the American could not do that difficult maneuver themselves.

Regarded as the model recipient of the Military Aid Program, America invited Republic of China Air Force Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team to the World Aviation Expo 1959.  Founded in 1953, the team has flown a wide array of aircraft, including the F-84G, F-86F, and F-5A/E, they now fly the indigenous AT-3.  Ever since their chest-thumping rehearsal at Williams AFB in April, 1953, immediately boosted numerous awe-inspired passionate audience.  Comparing this supernova of 9 then 12 planes skill, all the U.S. Blue Angles, U.K. Red Arrows, and Patrouille de France looked boring, not to mention their smaller formation.  As its indisputable fame spreaded and it performed across the States, the host requested extending their schedule to the Veterans Day.  In more than 40 cross continental demos, Thunder Tiger’s daring and dazzling maneuver revealed themselves to be hard-training and top acrobatics world-beaters.