The Soviet Union began assisting the People s Republic of China in its establishment of a modern air force in 1950, when Soviet Air Force regiments were sent to train local pilots. China s involvement in the Korean War in late October 1950 inevitably drew Soviet pilots into the war. A total of 52 Soviet pilots scored five or more victories in the Korean War. The history of these covert actions has been a long-buried secret and this book will be the first English publication to detail the only in