United States Air Force record concerning an attack on an RB‑45 reconnaissance

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This is a declassified United States Air Force record concerning an attack on an RB‑45 reconnaissance aircraft over international waters off the west coast of North Korea, dated January twenty‑second, nineteen fifty‑four. The document is notable because it provides a contemporaneous operational report of an aerial engagement involving United States fighter escorts and a Soviet‑type MiG‑15. The record was released to the public through The Black Vault archive. The declassification authority is not specified in the release notes, and the document was originally classified Top Secret. The full…