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showing the general location of "MiG Alley."    MiGs enter the
scene[edit]  Map of aerial combat in Korean War. MiG-15
delivered by a defecting North Korean pilot to the US Air Force.
The North Koreans began their war against South Korea on June
25, 1950 with small numbers of Soviet aircraft retained from the
Second World War. These were flown by under-trained and
inexperienced pilots. Once the UN, lead by the United States,
committed its air power to the war, the North Korean force was
rapidly depleted. For several months U.S. built B-29s, P-51
Mustangs and the early jet F-80 Shooting Stars and F-84
Thunderjets flew the skies over North Korea virtually unopposed,
while the North Koreans and their Soviet and Chinese advisors
argued behind the scenes over the best course of counter-action
to take.  By October 1950 the Soviet Union agreed to provide
their air regiments to the conflict, equ