Around 75 years ago a new war erupted that it was feared could escalate to WWIII. The superpowers who have won WWII and removed the Japanese occupation forces from Korea, ‘temporarily’ dividing it, now had civilization-ending weaponry in their arsenals. They sought the way to project influence in the new world order where the nuclear war was deemed equally devastating and inevitable.

Being unable to look away and appear weak no matter the cost, both the opposing coalitions entered the death spiral of sending more and more troops and resources to the fray in hope of tipping the balance in their favor. The result was a bloody stalemate reached only after years of the fighting and millions dead: technically the war is still unresolved today, since no peace treaty was ever signed.

This is the story of the Korean war, which is sometimes referred to as ‘forgotten’ war, because in the public opinion it is largely overshadowed by the previous WWII and later Vietnam wars. For military aviation this was a unique era when new jet aircraft served along with their piston engine ancestors and the last time when combat pilots could still see each other in their gunsights. This is the story of the air war in Korea brought to you in our next generation combat flight simulator.