Every Major Night Fighter of the Korean War Ranked — Worst to Best

The first jet-versus-jet kill ever claimed at night was a "Yak-15" — a type never known to have served in Korea. Five nights later a Marine crew fired into a MiG's tailpipe glow, and Russian researchers can name the pilot who bailed out. Seven night fighters from both sides, worst to best: the F3D Skyknight, the night Corsair, the night MiG-15, the F-94 Starfire, the Tigercat, the F-82 Twin Mustang and the La-11 — ranked on what they actually did in the dark over Korea. CHAPTERS 00:00 The kill that wasn't 01:27 Radar 01:49 #7 La-11 03:03 #6 F-82 Twin Mustang 04:27 #5 F7F Tigercat 05:30 #4 F-94 Starfire 06:59 #3 The MiG-15 at night 08:26 #2 The night Corsair 09:59 #1 F3D Skyknight 12:11 The final verdict 12:42 The ones I left out 13:10 Defend your night fighter Vote in the comments: what do we rank next — the Sabre and the MiG-15 head to head, the artillery of the Korean War, or the first jet fighters from around the world? Sister channels — same team, same standards: The Iron Era (World War Two machines):    / @theironera-vp   The Rotor Era (Vietnam War machines):    / @therotorera-vp   Subscribe to The Jet Era for new Korean War and early jet-age rankings. Some visuals in this video are AI-generated illustrations, created to depict historical machines and events for which no usable footage exists. All narration is based on documented, verified history.