P-51 Mustang a yakin Koriya

Laftanar Colonel Robert "Pancho" Pasqualicchio, kwamandan FBG na 18, ya kewaya Mustang mai suna "Ol 'NaD SOB" ("Napalm Dropping Son of a Bitch"); Satumba 1951 Jirgin da aka nuna (45-11742) an ƙirƙira shi azaman P-51D-30-NT kuma shine Mustang na ƙarshe da Arewacin Amurka ya samar.

Mustang, fitaccen jarumin da ya shiga tarihi a matsayin wanda ya karya ikon Luftwaffe a shekarar 1944-1945, bayan 'yan shekaru a Koriya ya taka rawar rashin godiya da rashin dacewa a gare shi a matsayin jirgin sama. Ana fassara sa hannu a wannan yakin har yau - wanda bai cancanta ba! - fiye da son sani fiye da abin da ya yi tasiri ko ma tasiri sakamakon wannan rikici.

Barkewar yaki a Koriya ya kasance na dan lokaci ne kawai, domin Amurkawa da Rasha sun raba kasar a rabi a shekara ta 1945 bisa son rai, inda suka jagoranci kafa kasashe biyu masu gaba da juna - na gurguzu a arewa da na jari hujja a kudu. bayan shekaru uku.

Ko da yake yakin neman iko da zirin Koriya ya kasance babu makawa, kuma rikicin ya barke tsawon shekaru, sojojin Koriya ta Kudu ba su da shiri sosai. Ba ta da motoci masu sulke, kuma kusan babu sojojin sama - Amurkawa sun gwammace su zubar da yawan rarar jiragen da suka bari a Gabas mai Nisa bayan yakin duniya na biyu fiye da mika su ga kawancen Koriya don kada su “damu da daidaiton iko a cikin yankin" A halin yanzu, sojojin na DPRK (DPRK) samu daga Rasha, musamman, da dama na tankuna da jiragen sama (yafi Yak-9P mayakan da kuma Il-10 harin jirgin sama). Da wayewar gari ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1950, sun haye layi na 38th.

"Tigers na Koriya"

Da farko, Amurkawa, manyan masu kare Koriya ta Kudu (ko da yake sojojin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya sun zama kasashe 21 a karshe, kashi 90% na sojojin sun fito daga Amurka) ba su shirye su tunkude wani hari mai girman gaske ba.

An karkasa sassan sojojin saman Amurka zuwa FEAF (Far East Air Force), watau. Sojojin Sama na Gabas Mai Nisa. Wannan dandali mai karfin gaske, ko da yake a hukumance har yanzu ya kunshi rundunonin Sojan Sama guda uku, tun daga ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1950, jiragen sama 553 ne kawai ke aiki, gami da mayakan 397: 365 F-80 Shooting Star da 32 twin-hull, twin-engine F- 82 da piston drive. Jigon wannan runduna ita ce FBG ta 8 da ta 49 (Kungiyar Fighter-Bomber) da FIG ta 35 (Fighter-Interceptor Group) da aka kafa a Japan da kuma wani ɓangare na sojojin mamaya. Dukkanin ukun, da kuma FBG na 18 da aka kafa a Philippines, sun canza daga F-1949 Mustangs zuwa F-1950 tsakanin '51 da 80 - wasu 'yan watanni kafin fara yakin Koriya.

Sake sarrafa F-80, kodayake yana kama da tsalle-tsalle (canzawa daga piston zuwa injin jet), ya tura shi cikin zurfin tsaro. Akwai tatsuniyoyi game da kewayon Mustang. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, mayaka irin wannan sun tashi daga Iwo Jima a kan birnin Tokyo - kimanin kilomita 1200 a hanya daya. A halin yanzu, F-80, saboda yawan amfani da man fetur, yana da ƙananan kewayon - kawai kimanin kilomita 160 a cikin tankuna na ciki. Duk da cewa jirgin na iya sanye da tankokin yaki guda biyu na waje, wadanda suka kara nisan sa zuwa kusan kilomita 360, amma a cikin wannan tsari ba zai iya daukar bama-bamai. Nisa daga tsibirin Japan mafi kusa (Kyushu da Honshu) zuwa layi na 38, inda tashin hankali ya fara, kusan kilomita 580 ne. Haka kuma, jiragen tallafi na dabara ya kamata ba kawai su shiga ciki, kai hari da tashi ba, amma galibi suna kewayawa, a shirye su ba da taimako lokacin da aka kira su daga ƙasa.

Yiwuwar sake tura rukunin F-80 zuwa Koriya ta Kudu bai magance matsalar ba. Don irin wannan jirgin, ana buƙatar ƙarfafa hanyoyin jiragen sama masu tsayin mita 2200. A lokacin, ko a Japan akwai irin waɗannan filayen jiragen sama guda hudu kawai. Babu kowa a Koriya ta Kudu, sauran kuma suna cikin mummunan yanayi. Ko da yake a lokacin da aka mamaye wannan ƙasa, Japanawa sun gina filayen jiragen sama goma, bayan ƙarshen yakin duniya na biyu, Koreans, ba su da wani jirgin sama na yaki da nasu, kawai biyu kawai a cikin yanayin aiki.

A saboda wannan dalili, bayan da aka fara yakin, F-82 na farko ya bayyana a yankin da ake fama da shi - kawai mayakan Sojojin Amurka da ke samuwa a lokacin, wanda ke ba da damar irin wannan dogon yakin. Ma'aikatan nasu sun yi jerin gwanon jiragen leken asiri zuwa yankin babban birnin Koriya ta Kudu, Seoul, da makiya suka kama a ranar 28 ga watan Yuni. A halin da ake ciki kuma, Lee Seung-man, shugaban Koriya ta Kudu, yana matsawa jakadan Amurka lamba da ya shirya masa jiragen yaki, ana zargin Mustang guda goma ne kawai. Dangane da mayar da martani, Amurkawa sun yi jigilar matukan jirgin Koriya ta Kudu goma zuwa sansanin jiragen saman Itazuke da ke Japan don horar da su tashi jirgin F-51. Duk da haka, waɗanda aka samu a Japan wasu tsofaffin jiragen sama ne waɗanda aka yi amfani da su don jawo abubuwan da ake so. Horar da matukin jirgi na Koriya, a cikin tsarin shirin Fight One, an ba da amana ga masu sa kai daga VBR na 8. Wani Manjo ne ya umarce su. Dean Hess, tsohon soja a Faransa a 1944 a ikon Thunderbolt.

Ba da daɗewa ba ya bayyana cewa Mustangs zai buƙaci horar da Koreans fiye da goma. Johnson (yanzu Iruma) da Tachikawa sansanin jiragen sama a kusa da Tokyo na da jiragen sama 37 irin wannan suna jira a soke su, amma duk suna bukatar manyan gyare-gyare. Har zuwa 764 Mustangs sun yi aiki a cikin National National Guard, kuma 794 an adana su a ajiyar - duk da haka, dole ne a kawo su daga Amurka.

Kwarewar yakin duniya na biyu ya nuna cewa jirage masu amfani da tauraro irin su Thunderbolt ko F4U Corsair (Rundunar sojojin ruwa na Amurka da na Amurka Marine Corps sun yi amfani da su tare da babban nasara a Koriya - kara karantawa kan wannan batu). Aviation International" 8/2019). The Mustang, wanda aka yi masa sanye da injin layi mai sanyaya ruwa, ya gamu da wuta daga ƙasa. Edgar Schmued, wanda ya kera wannan jirgin, ya yi gargadin kada a yi amfani da shi wajen kai hari a wuraren da aka kai hari a kasa, yana mai bayanin cewa ba shi da fata a wannan rawar, domin harsashin bindiga mai girman inci 0,3 na iya shiga radiyon, sannan za ku yi tafiyar minti biyu. kafin injin ya tsaya. Tabbas, lokacin da aka yi nufin Mustangs a cikin ƙasa a cikin watanni na ƙarshe na yakin duniya na biyu, sun sha wahala mai yawa daga gobarar jiragen sama. A Koriya, abin ya fi muni ta wannan fuska, domin a nan makiya sun saba harbin jirage masu saukar ungulu. da kananan makamai, irin su bindigogin da ba a iya amfani da su ba.

To me yasa ba a gabatar da Thunderbolts ba? Lokacin da yakin Koriya ya barke, akwai 1167 F-47 a Amurka, kodayake yawancin rukunin da ke aiki tare da National Guard sun ƙunshi 265 kawai. Shawarar yin amfani da F-51 ya kasance saboda gaskiyar cewa duka. Rukunin da aka ajiye a wancan lokacin a Gabas mai Nisa, mayakan Sojan Sama na Amurka sun yi amfani da Mustangs a cikin lokacin kafin a canza su zuwa jiragen sama (wasu rundunonin har ma sun riƙe misalai guda don dalilai na sadarwa). Saboda haka, sun san yadda za su gudanar da su, da kuma yadda za a yi amfani da ma'aikata. Bugu da kari, wasu daga cikin jiragen F-51 da aka dakatar suna nan a Japan, kuma babu Thunderbolts kwata-kwata - kuma lokaci ya kure.

Jim kadan bayan fara shirin na Bout One, an yanke shawarar mika horon matukan jirgin Koriya zuwa kasarsu. A wannan rana, da yammacin ranar 29 ga watan Yuni, Janar MacArthur kuma yana can don yin taro tare da Shugaba Lee a Suwon. Jim kadan bayan saukar jirgin, jirgin Koriya ta Arewa ya kai wa filin jirgin hari. Janar da shugaban kasa suka fita waje dan ganin me ke faruwa. Abin mamaki, a lokacin ne Mustangs guda huɗu, waɗanda malaman Amurka suka tuƙi, suka isa. Nan take matuka jirginsu suka kori abokan gaba. 2 / l. Orrin Fox ya harbo jiragen yakin Il-10 guda biyu. Richard Burns shi kadai. Laftanar Harry Sandlin ya ba da rahoto game da mayaka na La-7. Shugaba Rhee mai cike da farin ciki, yayin da yake magana kan masu aikin sa kai na Amurka da suka yi yaki a baya-bayan nan ga Burma da China, ya kira su "Damisa masu tashi na Koriya."

A yammacin wannan rana (29 ga Yuni), Firayim Minista na Ostiraliya ya amince da aiwatar da Mustangs na 77 Squadron. Ita ce tawagar mayakan RAAF na karshe da suka rage a kasar Japan bayan karshen yakin duniya na biyu. Kwamandan Rundunar Sojan Sama Louis Spence ne ya ba da umarni, wanda a lokacin 1941/42, ya tashi Kittyhawks tare da 3rd Squadron RAAF, ya yi nau'i 99 a Arewacin Afirka kuma ya harbo jiragen sama guda biyu. Daga baya ya umarci Spitfire Squadron (452 ​​Squadron RAAF) a cikin Pacific.

Australiya sun fara aiki ne a ranar 2 ga Yulin 1950 daga sansaninsu da ke Iwakuni kusa da Hiroshima, tare da rakiyar masu harin bam na Sojojin saman Amurka. Da farko sun raka mahara na B-26 zuwa Seoul, wadanda ke kan gadoji a kan kogin Hangang. A kan hanyar, 'yan Australiya sun kawar da kai tsaye daga layin harin na F-80 na Amurka, wadanda suka yi watsi da su ga abokan gaba. Daga nan suka raka Yonpo Superfortece B-29s. Washegari (3 ga Yuli) aka ba su umarnin kai hari a yankin da ke tsakanin Suwon da Pyeongtaek. V/Cm Spence ya yi tambaya game da bayanin cewa abokan gaba sun tafi can kudu mai nisa. Sai dai an tabbatar masa da cewa an gano inda aka kai harin daidai. A hakika, Mustangs na Australiya sun kai hari kan sojojin Koriya ta Kudu, inda suka kashe 29 tare da raunata wasu da yawa. Asara ta farko da tawagar ta yi ita ce ranar 7 ga watan Yuli, lokacin da aka kashe mataimakin kwamandan kungiyar, Sajan Graham Strout, ta hanyar harbin jami’an tsaron sama a lokacin da aka kai hari a farfajiyar marshalling da ke Samchek.

Makamai "Mustangs" 127-mm HVAR makamai masu linzami. Duk da cewa sulke na tankunan T-34/85 na Koriya ta Arewa sun yi tsayin daka da su, amma sun yi tasiri sosai kuma ana amfani da su sosai a kan sauran na'urori da wuraren harba jiragen sama.

Kyakkyawan haɓakawa

A halin yanzu, a ranar 3 ga Yuli, matukan jirgi na shirin Fight One - Amurkawa goma (masu koyarwa) da Koriya ta Kudu shida - sun fara ayyukan yaki daga filin jirgin sama a Daegu (K-2). Harin nasu na farko ya kai hari kan ginshikan DPRK na 4th Mechanized Division yayin da suke ci gaba daga Yongdeungpo zuwa Suwon. Washegari (4 ga watan Yuli) a yankin Anyang dake kudu da birnin Seoul, sun kai hari kan wani ginshikin tankokin T-34/85 da sauran kayan aiki. Kanar Keun-Sok Lee ya mutu a harin, wanda ake kyautata zaton wuta ta harbo jirgin sama ne, ko da yake bisa ga wani juzu'in al'amarin, bai samu nasarar fitar da F-51 dinsa ba daga cikin jirgin da ya nutse a cikin jirgin ya fado. Ko ta yaya, shi ne matukin jirgin Mustang na farko da ya fadi a yakin Koriya. Wani abin sha'awa shi ne, a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Lee, sa'an nan mai mukamin sajan, ya yi yaki (a karkashin sunan Aoki Akira) a cikin rundunar sojojin saman Japan, inda ya tashi mayakan Ki-27 Nate tare da Sentai na 77. A lokacin yakin ranar 25 ga Disamba, 1941 a kan Rangoon (abin ban mamaki, tare da "Tigers Flying"), an harbe shi kuma aka kama shi.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, an yanke shawarar janye matuƙin jirgin na Koriya na ɗan lokaci daga ƙarfin yaƙi da ba su damar ci gaba da horar da su. Don haka, an bar su da Mustangs shida da Maj. Hess da kyaftin. Milton Bellovin a matsayin Malamai. A cikin yaƙi, an maye gurbinsu da masu sa kai daga 18th FBG (mafi yawa daga wannan squadron - 12th FBS), wanda aka ajiye a Philippines. Kungiyar da aka fi sani da "Dallas Squadron" da matukan jirgin sun kai 338, ciki har da jami'ai 36. Kyaftin Harry Moreland ne ya ba da umurni, wanda a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu (wanda ya yi hidima a FG na 27) ya yi jigilar 150 Thunderbolt a kan Italiya da Faransa. Kungiyar ta isa Japan a ranar 10 ga Yuli kuma ta tafi Daegu bayan 'yan kwanaki, inda ta hada da tsoffin malaman Bout One (sai dai Hess da Bellovin).

Squadron Kyaftin Morelanda ya karɓi nadi 51. FS (P) - Harafin "P" (na wucin gadi) yana nufin yanayin da aka inganta, na ɗan lokaci. Ya fara fada ne a ranar 15 ga Yuli, yana da jiragen sama 16 kacal. Aikin farko na rundunar shi ne lalata kekunan harsasai na layin dogo da Amurkawa masu ja da baya suka yi watsi da su a Daejeon. Kyaftin Moreland, shugaban tawagar, ya tuna daya daga cikin farkon kwanakinsa a Koriya:

Mun tashi cikin jirage biyu a kan hanyar Seoul zuwa Daejeon da nufin kai hari ga duk wani abu da ke nannade cikin ganga namu. Burinmu na farko shi ne wasu manyan motoci biyu na Koriya ta Arewa, wanda muka harba sannan muka yi ta napalm.

An yi cunkoson ababen hawa a kan hanyoyin da ke kusa. ’Yan daƙiƙa kaɗan bayan mun juya kudu, sai na hangi wani katon hay a tsakiyar filin tare da sawun sawu. Na tashi sama kasa kasa na gane tanki ce mai kame. Tun lokacin da muka yi amfani da napalm duka, mun yanke shawarar ganin ko bindigoginmu masu rabin inci suna iya komai. Harsashin ba su iya shiga cikin sulke ba, amma sun kunna wa ciyawa wuta. Lokacin da wannan ya faru, mun yi shawagi a kan haydar don kunna wuta da numfashin iska. A zahiri harshen wuta ya tafasa a cikin tankin - lokacin da muka kewaya a kai, sai ya fashe ba zato ba tsammani. Wani matukin jirgi ya ce, "Idan ka harba irin wannan sinadari sai ta haska, ka san akwai abin da ya fi ciyawa."

Hafsan sojan na farko da ya mutu shine 2/Lt W. Bille Crabtree, wanda ya tayar da bama-baman nasa a ranar 25 ga watan Yuli yayin da ya kai hari a wani wuri a Gwangju. A ƙarshen wata, No. 51 Squadron (P) ya rasa Mustangs goma. A wannan lokaci, saboda ban mamaki halin da ake ciki a gaba, ya kai farmaki makiya maƙi ginshikan ko da da dare, ko da yake F-51 gaba daya bai dace da shi - harshen wuta daga na'ura da kuma roka wuta makantar matukin jirgin.

A cikin watan Agusta, Moreland Squadron shine na farko a Koriya da ya gabatar da makamai masu linzami na 6,5-inch (165 mm) ATAR tare da babban kan zafi. Harsashi na 5-inch (127 mm) HVAR galibi suna hana tankin kawai, suna karya waƙoƙin. Napalm, wanda aka kai a cikin tankuna, ya kasance mafi hatsari makamin Mustangs har zuwa karshen yakin. Ko da matukin jirgin bai kai hari kai tsaye ba, robar da ke cikin titin T-34/85 yakan kama wuta sakamakon wutar da ta tashi kuma gaba daya tankin ya kama wuta. Napalm kuma shine makamin daya tilo da sojojin Koriya ta Arewa ke tsoro. Lokacin da aka harba su ko aka jefa musu bama-bamai, hatta wadanda ke dauke da bindigu na kasa da kasa sai su kwanta a bayansu suna harbin sama kai tsaye.

Kyaftin Marvin Wallace na 35. FIG ya tuna: A lokacin harin napalm, abin mamaki ne cewa yawancin gawarwakin sojojin Koriya ba su nuna alamun wuta ba. Wataƙila wannan ya faru ne saboda gaskiyar cewa man fetur ɗin da ke cikin jelly ya ƙone sosai, yana tsotse dukkan iskar oxygen daga iska. Bugu da kari, ya samar da hayaki mai yawan shakewa.

Da farko, matukin jirgi na Mustang sun kai hari ne kawai ga maharan da aka ci karo da su, suna aiki a cikin yanayi mai wuyar gaske - a ƙananan gajimare, a cikin ƙasa mai tsaunuka, waɗanda karatun kamfas ke jagoranta da nasu tunanin (tarin tarin taswirori da hotuna na iska sun ɓace lokacin da Amurkawa suka ja da baya daga Koriya. a 1949). Tasirin ayyukansu ya karu sosai tun bayan da sojojin Amurka suka sake kware da fasahar kai hare-hare a gidajen radiyo, wanda da alama an manta da su bayan yakin duniya na biyu.

Sakamakon wani taro da aka gudanar a ranar 7 ga watan Yuli a birnin Tokyo, hedkwatar hukumar ta FEAF ta yanke shawarar sake samar da jiragen F-80 guda shida tare da F-51, kamar yadda ake samun na karshen. Yawan Mustangs da aka gyara a Japan ya ba da damar samar da su da 40 FIS daga rukunin 35th. Tawagar ta karbi Mustangs a ranar 10 ga Yuli, kuma ta fara aiki bayan kwanaki biyar daga Pohang da ke gabashin gabar tekun Koriya, da zaran bataliyar injiniya ta kammala shimfida karafa da tabarbarewar PSP a tsohon filin jirgin sama na Japan, sannan aka sanya K. -3. . Halin da ake ciki a kasa ne ya ba da wannan gaggawar - sojojin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, sun koma Pusan ​​(mafi girma a tashar jiragen ruwa a Koriya ta Kudu) a cikin mashigar Tsushima, sun koma gaba dayan gaba.

Abin farin ciki, ƙarfafawar farko na ƙasashen waje ba da daɗewa ba ya isa. Jirgin saman USS Boxer ne ya isar da su, wanda ya hau jirgin 145 Mustangs (79 daga rukunin Tsaro na kasa da 66 daga ɗakunan ajiya na Base na Sojan Sama na McClelland) da matukan jirgi 70 da aka horar. Jirgin ya tashi daga Alameda, California a ranar 14 ga Yuli kuma ya kai su Yokosuki, Japan a ranar 23 ga Yuli a cikin rikodin rikodin kwanaki takwas da sa'o'i bakwai.

An yi amfani da wannan isar da farko don sake cika ƙungiyoyin biyu a Koriya - FS na 51 da FIS na 40 - zuwa rundunar jiragen sama 25 na yau da kullun. Daga baya, an sake yin amfani da FBS na 67, wanda, tare da ma'aikatan FBG na 18, rukunin iyayensa, sun tashi daga Philippines zuwa Japan. Rundunar ta fara jerin gwano a kan Mustangs a ranar 1 ga Agusta daga tushen Ashiya a tsibirin Kyushu. Bayan kwana biyu, hedkwatar rukunin ta koma Taeg. A can ne ya karbi iko da 51st FS(P), wanda ke aiki da kansa, sannan ya canza suna zuwa FBS na 12 kuma ba tare da shakka ba ya nada sabon kwamanda mai matsayi na manyan (Captain Moreland dole ne ya gamsu da mukamin jami'in gudanarwa na rundunar sojojin). squadron). Babu wuri ga tawagar ta biyu a Daegu, don haka tawagar ta 67 ta kasance a Ashiya.

Tun daga ranar 30 ga Yuli, 1950, sojojin FEAF suna da Mustangs 264 a hannunsu, kodayake ba duka ba ne ke aiki sosai. An san cewa matukan jirgin sun yi jerin gwano a cikin jiragen da ba su da na'urorin da ke cikin jirgin. Wasu sun dawo da fikafikai da suka lalace saboda tsofaffin gangunan bindigu sun fashe yayin harbin. Matsala ta daban ita ce rashin kyawun yanayin fasaha na F-51s da aka shigo da su daga ketare. Akwai imani a cikin squadrons na fronts cewa raka'a na National Guard, wanda ya kamata su ba da jirgin sama ga bukatun da ci gaba yaki, rabu da waɗanda suke da mafi girma albarkatun (ba kirgawa cewa Mustangs ba su da. da aka samar tun 1945, saboda haka duk data kasance raka'a, ko da gaba daya sababbi, wanda ba a taba amfani da, sun kasance "tsohuwar"). Wata hanya ko wata, rashin aiki da gazawa, musamman injuna, sun kasance daya daga cikin manyan dalilan da ke haifar da yawaitar asarar da matukan jiragen F-51 suka yi a kan Koriya.

Ja da baya na farko

Gwagwarmayar da ake kira gindin Busan ta kasance mai tsananin zafi. A safiyar ranar 5 ga watan Agusta, kwamandan runduna ta 67 ta FPS, Manjo S. Louis Sebil, ya jagoranci wani gidan gadi na Mustangs guda uku a wani hari da aka kai kan wani ginshikin injina dake kusa da kauyen Hamchang. Motocin dai na kan titin Naktong ne kawai, inda suka nufi kan gadar da sojojin DPRK ke kai farmaki kan Taegu. Jirgin na Sebill yana dauke da rokoki shida da bama-bamai masu nauyin kilogiram 227. A karon farko da aka kai harin, daya daga cikin bama-baman ya makale a kan mai fitar da jirgin da matukin jirgin, yana kokarin sake samun iko a kan jirgin F-51 mai ban mamaki, a wani lokaci ya zama wuri mai sauki ga wuta daga kasa. Bayan da ya samu rauni, sai ya sanar da ‘yan reshensa game da raunin da ya samu, mai yiwuwa ya mutu. Bayan ya lallashe su da su yi kokarin zuwa Daegu, sai ya amsa da cewa, "Ba zan iya ba." Zan juyo na dauki dan iska. Daga nan sai ta nitse zuwa ginshikin abokan gaba, ta harba rokoki, ta bude wuta da bindigogi, sannan ta fada kan wani jirgin da ke dauke da sulke, wanda ya sa wani bam da ya makale a karkashin reshe ya fashe. Don wannan aikin Mei. An ba Sebilla lambar yabo ta girmamawa bayan mutuwa.

Ba da daɗewa ba, filin jirgin sama na Daegu (K-2) ya kasance kusa da layin gaba, kuma a ranar 8 ga Agusta, hedkwatar FBG ta 18, tare da FBG na 12, an tilasta su janye zuwa sansanin Ashiya. A wannan rana, tawagar ta biyu ta 3th FPG, 35th FIS, sun ziyarci Pohang (K-39), suna ɗaukar Mustangs su kwana daya kafin. A Pohang, sun shiga FIS na 40 da ke wurin, amma kuma ba a daɗe ba. Ma’aikatan jirgin da ke aiki da jirgin da rana, sun dakile hare-haren da ‘yan daba ke kokarin kutsawa cikin filin jirgin karkashin dare. A ƙarshe, a ranar 13 ga Agusta, harin abokan gaba ya tilasta dukan 35th FIG su janye ta hanyar Tsushima Strait zuwa Tsuiki.

FBG na 8 shine na ƙarshe na Mustangs don canza kayan aiki ba tare da rasa aikin yini ɗaya ba. A safiyar ranar 11 ga watan Agusta, matukan jirgin na tawagogi guda biyu - na 35 da na 36 na FBS - sun tashi daga Itazuke a karon farko na F-51 a kan Koriya daga karshe suka sauka a Tsuiki, inda suke tun daga lokacin. A wannan rana, Kyaftin Charles Brown na FBS na 36 ya kai hari kan Koriya ta Arewa T-34/85. Ya amsa da wuta da daidaito. Ba a sani ba ko harsashi ne na harsashi, domin ma'aikatan tankunan da aka kai wa harin na sojojin KRDL ne suka bude duk wani makeken bindigu, suka yi ta harbin kan mai uwa da wabi! A kowane hali, kyaftin. Brown yana da daraja mai ban mamaki na kasancewa shi kaɗai matukin jirgi a cikin wannan yaƙin da tanki (ko ma'aikatansa) suka harbe shi.

Af, matukan jirgin ba su da sha'awar sake yin kayan aiki a cikin F-51. Kamar yadda masanin tarihin VBR na 8 ya lura, da yawa daga cikinsu sun gani da idanunsu a yakin da ya gabata dalilin da yasa Mustang ya kasa a matsayin jirgin sama kusa da tallafawa sojojin ƙasa. Ba su ji daɗin sake nuna shi da kuɗin kansu ba.

A tsakiyar watan Agusta 1950, duk rukunin F-51 na yau da kullun sun koma Japan: FBG na 18 (12th da 67th FBS) a Asiya, Kyushu, FIG na 35 (39th da 40th FIS) da 8th FBG. 35th FBS) a Tsuiki tushe na kusa. 'Yan Australiya daga No. 36 Squadron har yanzu suna zama na dindindin a Iwakuni a tsibirin Honshu, daga filin jirgin sama na Daegu (K-77) kawai don sake gyarawa da mai. Makarantar jiragen sama na aikin But One kawai a ƙarƙashin umarnin manyan. Hessa, daga Daeeg zuwa Sacheon Airport (K-2), sannan zuwa Jinhae (K-4). A wani bangare na horon, Hess ya kai dalibansa zuwa sahun gaba mafi kusa domin 'yan uwansu su ga jiragen da ke dauke da alamar Koriya ta Kudu, lamarin da ya kara musu kwarin gwiwa. Bugu da kari, shi da kansa ya tashi ba tare da izini ba - har sau goma a rana (sic!) - wanda ya sami lakabin "Air Force Lone".

Filin jirgin sama na Chinghe ya kasance kusa da layin gaba na wancan lokacin da ke kewaye da gadar Busan don kula da sojojin sama na yau da kullun a can. Abin farin ciki, 'yan kilomita daga gabashin Busan, Amurkawa sun gano wani manta, tsohon filin jirgin saman Japan. Da zaran sojojin injiniyoyi suka sake gina tsarin ramukan magudanar ruwa da kuma shimfiɗa tabarmi, a ranar 8 ga Satumba, 18th Mustang VBR ya motsa. Tun daga nan, an jera filin jirgin a matsayin Busan Gabas (K-9).