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...south of the Korea-Manchuria border, a formation of four F-86s, led by Lieut. Colonel Bruce Hinton of Stockton, Calif., throttled down to their slowest cruising speed to disguise their true speed from the enemy. The trap worked: four MIGs came languidly up to investigate. Covered by his wingman, Colonel Hinton fired three bursts into a MIG and saw it go spinning down in flames. "I know I got that one all right. I must have killed the pilot," he said, "he made no attempt to get out-didn't even open his canopy...
Commanding the four Shooting Stars, Major Evans G. Stephens, a Texan, and his wingman, Lieut. Russell Brown of Pasadena, Calif., saw two Communist jets pull out of a dive 50 miles south of the Yalu and turn toward the river at the Americans' altitude, closing fast. Said Stephens afterwards, "Brown and I were between the enemy jets and the river. I called to the rest of my flight to come on up-we have two of them cornered...
...enemy had apparently advanced about seven miles from the point the Marines had reached in their southern drive before they were pulled out of line. Lieut. (j.g.) Don Loranger, our pilot this time, quickly spotted two tanks and a truck hidden away on a back road. With our wingman, Ensign Leo Profilet, we went in to attack...
...help to embattled U.S. and South Korean ground forces. One day last week, a Korean police post called to report a detail of Red soldiers, 20 trucks and 10 horse carts were parked in front of their station in Chongyang. A short time later, Captain William Hook and his wingman reported the total destruction of the trucks, horse carts and most of Chongyang with firebombs and rockets. Sometimes the Air Force makes mistakes. From one hard-pressed South Korean unit, U.S. officers at headquarters of the Korean army's 3rd Division received the following plaintive message: "Airplanes bombed...
...minutes the score was still 3-3. The bedraggled players were given a 15-minute respite, then were called back onto the ice. Detroit, seemingly the fresher, kept most of the play on the Ranger ice. The game ended eight minutes later when Substitute Detroit Wingman Pete Babando shot the puck past Goalie Rayner, to make...