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Its :orctlar 'ar, lrj ensig e American ttir° operations were confined to the Korean Peninsula, Despite this limitation,'the United States AirForcetools control of lite skies so
decisivelit that other United Nations Cor mand forces could fight without fear of Cllr attack American airpower also provided effective close-air support to United Nations
Command groitaid ford, with over 40 percent of tactical air support missions flown by United States Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, Although the Air Force and its sister services were
not prepared for this conflict, their responded rapidly and of feetillely, challenging the North Koreans and, later; the Chinese from the first to the last days of the weir.
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the 4th Fighter-Interceptor " �- k zone where thousatzdc of pounds of arinrnunition,
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rations, ntedical supplies and wire were later
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