American early warning radars detected them and scrambled two F-84 Thunderjets to intercept them, expecting the MiGs to violate German airspace. The flight leader was Lt Warren Brown, a pilot with ...

An F-84E attacks a ground target with rockets. In Korea, the F-84 was outclassed by the MiG-15 in dogfights, but was prized for bombing rail lines, troops, and vehicles. National Museum of the ...