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[Music] [Applause] Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] in late November 1950 after the big push into North Korea by United Nations forces elements of the 17th US Infantry reached a point on the Yellow River this the border of Manchuria was the objective of MacArthur's and the war campaign everything had been going well were our side since the Inchon landing and the breakthrough at the Pusan Perimeter in mid-september and then something happened the Chinese came into the wall suddenly the effective enemy strength increased about three hundred percent the word came that all United Nations ground forces were to withdraw southward as General MacArthur put it this was an entirely new war by now we were opposed by great masses of Chinese troops and were greatly outnumbered a rapid retreat to the South had to be made in the face of this massive friend the enemy push was about to carry him all the way to below soul in South Korea his second big attempt to push us off the peninsula [Music] the c-119 is operating from a Shia air base in southern Japan airdrop supplies to are withdrawing ground forces operations possible only because our Airport is maintained spare superioris [Music] I'll do this period of retreat the boxcars dropped much-needed ammunition food in medical supplies as well as heavy stuff such as vehicles and artillery pieces [Music] when our ground forces were compelled to pull back the United Nations air power became the only mean effectively opposing the advance of the formidable Chinese army this was the last week of November 1950 and the first half of December's deputies got often 50 anime close to our line and there were also a great many interdiction and reconnaissance mission it was our air strength again as it was at the beginning of the conflict six months before that prevented the envelopment safar withdrawing ground push the enemy was slowed down because we inflicted a tremendous number of the aggravators among his personnel and because we kept on hitting is increasingly extended to fly line this went on until in mid-december 1950 we were able to stabilize a line near the 38th parallel in one month our air forces flew more than 11,000 combat sorties [Applause] [Music] [Applause] at this time the middle of December 1950 our f-86 ha's went into action against the milk and now began one of the brightest chapters in the story of our air forces in the Korean conflict here we are in the pilot briefing room of an f-86 squadron hello fire sweep today this area right here we're starting in dead I indicate it done on the board here's a plan side of light you take off the listener you hear what else here where you think a lifetime about 30 miles inland look back in Eagle site you'll follow tiger you come up this area here at this point here we make a left turn look back in last two flights wolf and Robin will take off and come up the center this point here so they'll cut right up in to the guy out River treasure shores al where they'll split wondering a right turn and welcome bigger a left turn our first four flights in the area will stable over time trails and keep a close watch on the fight Obama's last two flights will go above the x rails and check for a policy for any big aircraft that might come in by the time well if you're she made up there today crawl them out give their our food directions and geographical location on the on the mat and call out an egg off the radial remember let's look around keep your speed up and you get a bow tie them off and drive in in terrain when you get a lane shoot when you used to kill anybody any questions ok let's go again now for McNally that wide band of airspace over Northwest Korea infested by the enemy jet [Music] [Music] or F fitty sixes at this great advantage over the russian-built me they were better handled simply as aircraft the mix were at least the equal at the fpd sixes and the enemy had a lot of them they usually outnumbered the f-86 is sometimes by as much as three or four to one but our pilots were much more skillful than their this was the big reason that we destroyed eight times as many of their fighters as they did of our during the entire war 827 big were down we lost 112 jet aircraft you care to hear come back you I read that Julia rack up a bogey that Derek wanted to haider there's only go down a guide to feel the water tell you how are you I'm going in now well you got into in mid-january 1951 the United Nations ground forces mounted a counter-attack from the line of their furthest withdrawal they pounded their way from below the 38th parallel and through the Iron Triangle by June the Reds were ready for an armistice the battle line of mid-june was to remain more or less stabilized throughout the coming peace talks in this building at Kaesong the truce negotiations began in July 1951 a couple of weeks previously the Russian delegate to the United Nations had made it clear that the Reds had had enough [Music] general nam ille of the North Korean army was the spokesman with the enemy the United Nations delegation was headed by Vice Admiral joy of the United States Navy an included Major General craigy of the Air Force general paik Sonja for the South Korean army and rear admiral birth after a year of fighting there now began two years of talk but during all that time air assaults on the enemy we're going to continue after 21 months of dispute chiefly over the problem of prisoners an agreement was reached at least on the exchange of sick and wounded in april nineteen fifty-three operation little switch began to amman jum communist ambulances brought at the rate of a hundred a day about 600 United Nations prisoners [Music] little switch this operation was followed some months later by big switch the large-scale exchange of the rest of the prisoners shortly after little switch got underway the Reds were eager to resume the Armistice talks which had been suspended by the exasperated United Nations delegation the preceding autumn all through the nearly two years of wrangling at case zone our air forces have been hammering away at the enemy ground forces and communications and airfields and transport the Communists were ready to quit so at Panmunjom on 27 July 1953 the Korean conflict ends not in a piece but in a ceasefire an armed troops lieutenant general william kate harrison chief negotiator for the united nations signs the agreement followed by general na Mele for the North Koreans so ended a mean war but for the first time communist designs in the free world had been stopped by military force this was something that had to be done and in its achievement a large share of the credit belongs to the United States Air Force the success of our jet pilot stand fought boldly in the records 39 of them became aces in the Korean conflict each of the 39 destroyed five or more enemy makes to name only a few Lieutenant Colonel George a Davis junior 14 makes destroyed Captain Joseph McConnell junior 16 kills colonel royal ann baker 13 mixdown captain Harold Fisher junior 10 destroyed major Manuel J Fernandez 14 and a half kill colonel francis Escobar ski six and a half on top of his 31 kills over Germany Major James Jabara first Korean ace 15 enemy Jets destroyed Colonel Harrison thing five makes down captain Ivan see kincheloe five killed Colonel James que Johnson ten MiG's destroyed to our 39 Korean aces indeed to all of our planets who took part in the air battle go praise and honor from us all splendidly they have held the national cause and the highest standards of the United States Air Force [Music]