The 1958 War would be like Desert Storm "superHUDjet" airbattle with old Korean jets..........
Lots of Air-to-Air rockets were used, reliable dependable AIM-9B Sidewinder, and then they almost never failed.
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Turkey-Shoot on 24 September
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The air battle on 24 September actually signalized the end of the contest in the air, then – with their fighters having an advantage in high-altitude performance, but acting as perfect targets for CNAF Sidewinder-armed Sabres when flying that high and in a straight line, and also being at a considerable disadvantage when attempting to manoeuvre against the Sabre at a lower level – the Chinese pilots subsequently became much more careful when engaging in air combats. They could not know if all or only some of Nationalist F-86s were armed with AIM-9Bs and consequently had to expect a sudden attack from any of them. Furthermore the PLAAF could not know the performance of the AIM-9B at lower levels: it only knew that the missile functioned perfectly at high altitudes, where no aircraft could not manoeuvre very hard because of the rare air.
edited to add...and cold dry thin high altitude air is Good for infrared seekers...
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