[1] The unit claimed a 3.4:1 kill ratio in favor of USSR pilots, destroying 1,097 enemy aircraft of all types during the war.

On 11 October 1950, Stalin agreed to send Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighters of the Soviet Air Forces to provide air cover for the Chinese Communist People's Volunteer Army units then moving into North Korea.

[3] Tasked with providing air cover for bridges and for the hydroelectric power plants on the Yalu River, as well as for North Korean facilities and for the Chinese Communist rear area, 64th IAK pilots also trained Chinese Communist and North Korean pilots.

[6][7] The Mig-15s of the 64th IAK began to clash with United Nations jet fighters, such as the North American F-86 Sabre.

[10] On 4 July, the corps suffered its heaviest losses of the war when it lost 11 MiGs.

[11] During the Korean War, the corps flew 64,000 sorties and conducted 1,872 air battles.

According to the inflated official totals of the corps, 1,250 UN Forces aircraft were shot down, 1,100 by MiGs and 150 by antiaircraft artillery.

This was due in part to more advanced jet fighters appearing on the UN side and improving US tactics.

[15] The participation of the Soviet Union in the Korean War was kept secret, and pilots were forbidden to approach the front line or fly over the sea.

During the early actions, they were required to not speak Russian during missions and had to learn Korean phrases.

Radioprozhektornaya station RAP-150: mirror diameter of 150 cm, arc lamp, radiolocator, automatic tracking of the illuminated target.