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Osprey Frontline Colour SC (1999-2002) comic books 2001

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    Osprey Frontline Colour SC (1999-2002) #5-1ST
    Published Jun 2001 by Osprey Publishing.

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    Volume 5 - 1st printing. "F-80 Shooting Star Units over Korea!" Written by Warren Thompson. The Usaf's first successful jet fighter, the F-80 actually made a name for itself in combat as a strike bomber during the Korean War. A Shooting Star also shot down the first MiG-15 lost during the campaign in what is believed to have been the world's first ever jet-versus-jet engagement. Read in this volume how the 8th and 49th Fighter Bomber Wings in Korea, F-80Cs completed an amazing 98,515, combat sorties, shot down 37 aircraft (including six MiG-15s), dropped 33,266 US tons of bombs and fired off 80,935 air-to-ground rockets. Aside from the fighter-bomber F-80C photo-recce RF-80A/Cs and 'hack' two-seat T-33s are also featured. Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, Text (with Color photos) Cover price $19.95.