{"product_id":"mig-alley-to-mu-ghia-pass-memoirs-of-a-korean-war-ace-9780786409952","title":"MiG Alley to Mu Ghia Pass: Memoirs of a Korean War Ace","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cecil G. Foster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cecil G. Foster was born in Midland County, Michigan, on August 30, 1925. He endured economic and emotional hardship during his youth, living in a poor environment, losing his mother before he was six, and being separated from his brothers, sisters, and father. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 as a private at the height of the World War II buildup and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant colonel. During his 32 years with the Air Force, Foster served in several different capacities--pilot, celestial navigator, radar-navigator-bombardier, intercept director, and squadron commander. A major focus of this work is Foster's Air Force career in the Korean War where he was one of the highest-scoring aces of the air war. His record of nine MiGs destroyed places him twelfth on a list of 38 aces. Every one of the aircraft he destroyed was shot down in the area known as \"MiG Alley,\" a small section of airspace along the Yalu River, which separated North Korea from China.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46896048734359,"sku":"9780786409952","price":1930.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786409952.webp?v=1770356653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mig-alley-to-mu-ghia-pass-memoirs-of-a-korean-war-ace-9780786409952","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}