and landed at Soviet bases in Ukraine rather than returning to their starting point
In the years following World War II
assigned to the 3rd Air Division
The Yak-9DD provided fighter escort for portions of these missions deep into Eastern European airspace
leaving the sole prototype as a remarkable testament to the cutting edge of directed-energy weapons research
Boeing (Vega) B-17G 44-85774 and landed at Soviet basesThese are 1 72 scale decals for Boeing (Vega) B 17G 44 85774, serving postwar with the 4136th Base Unit, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, United States Air Force. By the late 1940s, surviving B 17Gs had transitioned from frontline combat bombers to a variety of support, training, and administrative roles under the newly independent USAF. Tinker Field now Tinker Air Force Base was a major Air Materiel Command depot, and B 17s assigned to base units there