Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable MiG-15 jet fighter, which was at the time the Soviet Union's best fighter. Commu
MiG-15 in the Korean War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Gun camera photo of a MiG-15 being attacked by a USAF fighter.
MiG-15 delivered by No Kum-Sok, a defecting North Korean pilot to the US Air Force
SFC Furl A. Krebs loads an M16A1 cluster adapter at the FEC (Far Eastern Command) Printing Plant, Yokohama, Japan. The bomb type adapter will contain 22,500 psychological warfare leaflets sized 5 by 8 inches (130 mm × 200 mm).
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a single-seat transonic jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate s
Operation Moolah
…Operation Moolah was a United States Air Force (USAF) effort during the Korean War to obtain through defection a fully capable MiG-15 jet fighter, which was at the time the Soviet Union's best fighter. Communist forces introduced the MiG-15 to Korea on November 1, 1950. USAF pilots…
PZL Mielec Lim-2, Polish variant of the MiG-15bis
MiG-15UTI Trainer version, Chino Planes of Fame Air Museum