In addition to the anniversary of Gagarin's flight into space, there is another great anniversary today - the anniversary of the "Black Thursday" of American aviation.
On that day,
April 12, 1951, Soviet pilots on MiG-15 fighters attacked a superior force of American bombers and fighter jets that were on their way to bomb North Korean territory out of habit.
36 Soviet fighters attacked 48 strategic bombers and 76 U.S. fighters.
According to the results of this lukewarm encounter (12 downed strategic bombers and 5 fighters, more than 100 American pilots were taken prisoner), the daily raids of large groups of American strategic bombers on North Korea began to wane (attempts to repeat them resulted in heavy losses), and the era of "Super Fortresses"; actually came to an end.
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