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Those Characters. "When we go up now," said Jet Ace Colonel Francis Ga-breski, "we spend 59 out of every 60 seconds looking over our shoulders." Nevertheless, last week the fast U.S. jets scored their biggest one-day kill of the war: 13 MIGs destroyed, two probables, one damaged. Only one Sabre was lost. , Although the Sabres have consistently given the MIGs a bad beating, the Red jet is a first-class military fighter, a nimbler craft in maneuver, a faster climber, with more speed above 32,000 feet than the heavier, longer-ranged Sabre. Among reasons for the Sabre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AIR WAR: A Nervous Time | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

Colonel Francis S. ("Gabby") Go-breski, 32, one of the country's leading aces (28 planes shot down in Europe, 3 MIG-iss in Korea) moved up the command ladder, became boss of the 51st Fighter Wing in Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Slings & Arrows | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

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