Hallion writes of the MiG-17: “ [Its] afterburner-sustained turns ... Rolling Thunder’s most successful fighter pilot, told a study team in 1967, adding ‘Their turn radius has to be seen ...

Ball's 1959 MiG-17F Fresco (Fresco was NATO's code name for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17) is a Polish-built WSK ... since his father was a USAF fighter pilot during the Cold War.

The MiG pilots had completely misjudged the Skyraiders, possibly assuming their speed advantage would ensure early victory—only to be outfought in close combat, where the A-1H Skyraider excelled.

The MiG-17 that intercepted the F-101 was coming in from the side as the F-101 approached. The MiG pilot aimed well to the front of the F-101 and let the enemy fly into the cannon shells.