Aluminum skinned blowtorches arcing across frigid Korean skies in a swirling dance of death...
CPT Joseph C. McConnell's F-86F "Beauteous Butch II", Suwon, ROK 1953 McConnell was the leading US ace of the Korean Conflict. He wore groovy side-zippered brogans (a.k.a. go-go boots) in defiance of regulations and was, arguably, the funkiest US ace of all time, with the possible exception of the spade-sideburned, Ted Koppel moptopped Randy Cunningham of '72 (but remember, even Elmo Zumwalt had Elvis-like 'burns at the time).
1LT Dolphin Overton III's F-84 Thunderjet, Taegu, ROK 1951 Overton was a 1949 graduate of West Point (hoo-rah-) who went on to become an ace flying Sabres later on in the conflict.
"Volunteer" Comrade Colonel Yevgeny Pepelyayev's Mig-15bis Comrade Pepelyayev flew for the NKAF in the Korean Conflict (even though he was not supposed to be there!), speeding many pawns of the exploiters of the working class towards their historically and dialectically inevitable resting place. Thanks to the likes of McConnell and Overton et al., he and his comrades did not succeed in sending capitalism to a similar fate, necessitating major reevaluations of Marxist-Leninist dogma that did not do any good anyway. Dosvedanya, baby!!! Wanna buy some blue jeans?
Lockheed F-104C Starfighter This Cold Warrior served in sunny California and never heard a shot fired in anger. Of course, they always had to worry about the world suddenly blowing up at any moment, so don't think there wasn't any stress involved -- not to mention the stress inherent in trying to fly an airplane without wings...