Why do people say the USA and USSR had a cold war and only fought through proxies when stuff like this happened:
http://sw.propwashgang.org/shootdown_list.html
2-16 September 1945 Soviet fighters fired on US Navy 7th Fleet air patrols in Manchurian airspace.
22 October 1949 An US Air Force RB-29 Superfortress was attacked by Soviet fighters over the Sea of Japan. There were no injuries to the RB-29's crew.
26 December 1950 Two Soviet MiG-15 Fagots, flown by S.A. Bakhev and N. Kotov shared in the downing of a US Air Force RB-29 Superfortress.
22 March 1953 A US Air Force B-50 was attacked by Soviet MiG-15 Fagots.