Word: jabara
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Turkish persecution who migrated to New York City in the 18503, sold rugs and dry goods, moved west to settle in Illinois, Michigan and on the Chisholm Trail at boomtown Wichita. Leading Wichita Lebanese-Americans: the Farha brothers, owners of seven supermarkets; U.S.A.F. Jet Ace Lieut. Colonel James Jabara...
Major James Jabara, the world's original jet ace, bagged his 15th Communist MIG over Korea to become the Air Force's second triple jet ace-one MIG behind Captain Joseph McConnell Jr. Jabara made one last search for the enemy three days later on the 100th mission of his second Korean tour (163 missions in all), then resigned himself to going home and "sitting out one of those jet desk jobs...
Last week's big day belonged to the aces. Back in harness was Major James Jabara, who became the first jet ace in 1951, to shoot down his 13th and 14th MIGs. Colonel James Johnson, 37-year-old commander of the Fourth Fighter-Interceptor Wing, destroyed his tenth. Another oldster, Lieut. Colonel Vermont Garrison, 37, who shot down eleven Nazi planes in World War II, got his ninth MIG the same day. Among the younger aces who added to their scores was Captain Ralph Parr, 28, who flew 165 fighter-bomber missions on his first Korean tour...
...kill ratio, over the MIGs has soared, so has the pilots' respect for the sturdiness and dependability of the F-86. They have found that odds are with the MIG only until actual combat starts. Then the reliable Sabre takes over. Said Jet Ace (11 MIGs) Major James Jabara: "It's like flying an arm chair." The MIG cannot pull out of a left spin, but U.S. pilots never have to worry about the Sabre. The Sabre is also stronger than the MIG; pilots have seen the wings shear off a MIG or the tail disintegrate...
Major James Jabara, 29, who earned the title of world's first jet ace when he downed six enemy MIGs during 63 missions in Korea last year, decided life as a Stateside training officer was a little dull. He applied for a return to combat duty to round out the normal Korean tour of 100 missions, because "I just wanna go out and do some more shootin'." Last week, in the comfort of his home at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, the happy warrior posed with his not-so-happy family. The Air Force had granted...