Talk:Attack on the Sui-ho Dam

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Attack on the Sui-ho Dam article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Korea, a project to build and improve articles related to Korea. We invite you to join the project and contribute to the discussion.
	B	This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale.
	Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale.

	This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.
B	This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale.
Additional information and associated task forces: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met Associated task forces (general topics): Military aviation task force Associated task forces (nations and regions): Korean military history task force United States military history task force

A fact from Attack on the Sui-ho Dam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on December 27, 2006.

[edit] Soviet Air Force?

The infobox says Soviet Air Force was involved, but it's not mentioned at all in the article. Can somebody clarify that ?--AW 18:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

The MiG opposition were nearly all Soviet--,u>97th and 190th Fighter Divisions of the VVS. I will insert a modifier at appropriate spots. However they are listed in the info box as potential opponents. ,/u> A big response was expected but did not materialize, which is why there is no mention of them in the article. The genesis of this article was one I wrote about the novel The Hunters, which uses this action as the setting for its climax. I noted other references to the Sui-ho Dam, mostly among articles on carriers and their air groups, and decided to research the article deeper, and came up with the rest. It was not THE biggest air operation of the Korean War, but was among the leaders in that category, but was without doubt the most successful and far-reaching.--Buckboard 06:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

A little research turned up the Soviet order of battle on two different sites--one created in the United States by a military researcher and the other by researchers promoting the Soviet Air Force side of the story, so I think the AOB is trustworthy. I did not document commanders because the MiGs did not engage but just showed the potential opposition.--Buckboard 10:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. --AW 15:37, 29 December 2006 (UTC)