Aerial Victory

June 26, 1950 The First Aerial Victory On the morning of June 26, 1950, the USAF's 68th Fighter Squadron sent four F-82G aircraft from Itazuke Air Base in Japan to provide aerial cover for two Norwegian ships which were being loaded with civilians evacuating Seoul.

While covering a motor convoy of civilians on the Seoul-Inchon road, two of the F-82s were attacked by two Russian-made LA-7 fighters, presumably flown by North Korean pilots. rather than endanger the civilians below, the two F-82s pulled up into the clouds instead of engaging the LA-7s. The next day, two YAKs attacked the early morning USAF flight.