| abstract | - By the time of the Korean War and World War III, the MiG-15 was the Soviet Union's most feared jet fighter. They were used in combat missions over Korea proper, and saw action throughout World War III. As a fighter, the MiG was used primarily to defend against attack. Within the Soviet Union, they were on patrol against any enemy aircraft that might attack. When Boris Gribkov and the rest of his Tu-4 crew were arriving at their new post outside Leningrad on board a Li-2, a pair of MiG-15s streaked past to give them a once over. However, they were not so alert a few months later when Mustangs attacked Gribkov's airbase. The MiGs sought out bombers high in the sky and missed the half dozen fighter-bombers coming in low to shoot-up and bomb the field. This article is a stub because the work is part of a larger, as-of-yet incomplete series.
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