F-84 Thunderjet: Aircraft of a Transitional Era

In the winter of 1950, a new era of military aviation began over Korea. For the very first time, jet fighters entered combat en masse: the Soviet MiG-15, alongside an entire lineup of American aircraft — from the F-80 Shooting Star and F-84 Thunderjet to the iconic F-86 Sabre. Jet aircraft had made their debut at the very end of World War II, but it was the Korean War that became the first major conflict where dozens of jet fighters regularly clashed in the skies.