Word: jabara
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Force officers guessed that most of the MIG pilots, whoever they may be, are not Chinese or Koreans. They go to great lengths to prevent identification, rarely venture within ten miles of the front lines, keep radio silence in the air. Captain James Jabara, the world's first jet ace, circled a MIG pilot who had bailed out of his burning craft and tried to get a good look at him as he floated down. But the helmeted and goggled enemy pilot kept his head hunched down and Jabara could not see even a wisp of hair...
Captain James Jabara, who downed six enemy planes in Korea to become history's first jet ace, got orders to return to the States for a well earned rest and a new assignment...
...Jabara's battle took place when 50 MIGs bounced 28 U.S. Sabres near the Manchurian border. Other pilots destroyed a third enemy plane, scored one as a probable, damaged five. It was the fattest toll of enemy jets since April...
...allied aviators of World War I established the tradition that an "ace" is a pilot who shoots down five or more enemy planes. In Korea last week, small, cigar-puffing Captain James Jabara of Wichita, Kan. (TIME, April 23) became the world's first jet-powered ace when he knocked down his fifth and sixth MIG-155, in "MIG Alley" near Sinuiju...
...Jabara, propeller ace (6½ enemy planes) in World War II, first jumped three MIGs at 35,000 feet. "I picked out the last man and bored straight in," he said. "I fired two bursts which ripped up the fuselage and left wing. The MIG burst into flame and snap-rolled twice. At about 10,000 feet the pilot bailed out. Just as he jumped, the MIG disintegrated." Then Jabara climbed back to 20,000 and got No. 6. (This week Ace Jabara was relieved of combat flying, sent to a Japanese air base as an instructor in jet-fighting...