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  • Leading from the Front: Col. Joseph Davis Jr.

    Thunderjet wing commander Col. Joseph Davis Jr. displayed exceptional leadership by personally leading successful close air support strikes and interdiction raids over North Korea. By war's end, he was the commander of all F-84 units stationed in Korea.Perhaps the most important mission Davis led

  • B-26 Invader in Korea

    "Dear Sis ... The Commies have .50 caliber machine guns, 20 mm, 40 mm, 85 mm, and 105 mm anti-aircraft guns and some son-of-a-b**** with a rifle shot us down ... I don't reckon you need to tell mom about my hairy story."- Letter written home by Lt. Charles Hinton on Jan. 8, 1952The World War II-era

  • 49th Fighter Bomber Group

    At the war's outset, 49th Fighter Bomber Group F-51 Mustang pilots covered the air evacuation of civilians from South Korea. After that, the 49th Fighter Bomber Group concentrated on attacking the advancing North Korean army. In the fall of 1950, the 49th Fighter Bomber Group converted to F-80Cs,

  • A-Frame

    The USAF interdiction campaign struck targets as large as trains or as small as single communist soldiers with A-frame backpacks. Used as an effective means of transportation in Korea for centuries, the A-frame allowed its bearer to carry a tremendous load.Lt. Robert C. Mikesh acquired the A-frame

  • Tetrahedrons

    Stopping enemy traffic at night proved to be a difficult problem. One of the more interesting attempts to stop Communist trucks involved dropping tetrahedrons on North Korean roads. Those trucks that were left stranded could then be destroyed by UN fighter-bombers the following morning. In the end,

  • Interdiction: Tightening the Noose

    "There is every evidence that the enemy has been caused increasing difficulty by our concerted efforts in destroying his trains, trucks and other equipment."- Gen. Earle E. Partridge, Commander, 5th Air Force, March 1951Interdiction destroys an enemy's transportation system and materiel en route.

  • Tactical Air Control Parties

    An Air Force TACP (Tactical Air Control Party) consisted of an experienced Mosquito pilot, a radio operator, a radio mechanic and one or two radio jeeps. TACP personnel lived as soldiers during their tour at the front and carried weapons to defend themselves against attack -- they were unofficially

  • Mosquito Radios

    Compared to modern communications gear, radio equipment in the early 1950s was complicated, bulky, and temperamental. In most cases, a "radio" was a set of several boxes, each performing a different function. Moreover, they relied on fragile glass vacuum tubes that could easily break. These radios

  • Forward Air Control Communications

    Since Air Force and Army radios were not compatible, Mosquito airborne FACs and TACP personnel were critical for communicating between ground and air units.  Mosquito T-6s communicated with all the other elements using different radios, including the 8-channel ARC-3 and the portable SCR-300 (or

  • Mosquitoes in Korea

    During the Korean War, the personnel of the 6147th Tactical Air Control Group, known as the "Mosquitoes," created a large-scale, effective forward air control (FAC) system that included both airborne and ground-based FACs.The primary FAC missions were to direct strike aircraft against enemy targets