Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-12-15 | Page 1 | Allies Gird up Air Might with New Jet

I Allies Gird 1 Up Air Might With New Jet SEOUL Korea Dec 15 i IE m- m Substantially larger numbers of Americas America's top jet fighter planes the the F 86 are are in action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion against Communists Communists over Korea the Air Force disclosed Saturday The Fighter Interceptor Wing which until unil two weeks ago was us using ng obsolescent F 80 Shooting Shooting Shoot ing Stars now is flying the tough speedy Sabres file Air Force said The is commanded by Americas America's top flying ace CoL Francis S. S Gabreski Oil City Pa The new Sabres have shot down two Communist MIG 1 jets and damaged six others in combat com corn bat hat since Dec 1 Until the was re reequipped quipped the U U. UN U.N. N. N commands command's only Sabre- Sabre jets in Korea were flown b by the veteran Fourth Fighter Interceptor tor Wing Lt Gen O. O P. P Weyland Veyland commander commander commander com com- mander of the far east air forces said the new Sabres were rushed to Korea aboard two aircraft carriers to meet the threat posed by increasingly large numbers of Communist j jets ts Allied jets shot down one Red jet and damaged six others in two air battles over North Korea Sat Sat-