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Wings of DestructionThe speed of sound had probably been broken before by several Second World War aircraft. Some British and American fighters may have unintentionally exceeded the speed of sound in an evasive dive. In November 1945, a British jet fighter the Gloster Meteor set a new official world speed record of 606.25 mph. Two years later the sound barrier was broken by an American aircraft, the Bell X-1.

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Wings of DestructionThe speed of sound had probably been broken before by several Second World War aircraft. Some British and American fighters may have unintentionally exceeded the speed of sound in an evasive dive. In November 1945, a British jet fighter the Gloster Meteor set a new official world speed record of 606.25 mph. Two years later the sound barrier was broken by an American aircraft, the Bell X-1.Restart available0Wings of Destruction'MiG Alley' is the name given by the U.S. Air Force pilots to the northwestern portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties into the Yellow Sea. During the Korean War, it was the site of numerous dogfights between U.S. fighter jets and those of the Soviet Union. As the site of the first large-scale jet-vs.-jet air battles, MiG Alley is considered the birthplace of jet fighter combat.

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