Word: manchurian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
...blood flowed on & on. Last week Red China's purge of "counterrevolutionaries" reached Manchuria, where Communist rule had seemed unchallenged. In 23 Manchurian cities, including Mukden and Changchun, and even in Russian-controlled Port Arthur and Dairen, police staged large-scale raids, which were reported in detail by Communist news service and radio. Thousands were arrested, hundreds hauled off to the inevitable public mass trials and executions...
...seemed that such luxuries had gone to the heads of some of the labor heroes: the Red press was full of warnings to the pampered patriots. Peking's People's Daily chided Labor Hero Wang Chung-hao, a Manchurian, who "became so arrogant and lazy, following his being named a labor hero, that his team subsequently turned in a very miserable result." Equally guilty was Shen Chao-ai, who got so involved with meetings, discussions, and visits from admirers that he stayed away from work for 90 days last year and had to be fined 2.7 piculs...
...Communists, still working toward committing their air force against U.N. forces, have built 50 new air bases in North Korea, in recent months have built up their strength at Sinuiju, although they have a bigger & better field in their Manchurian sanctuary just across the Yalu at Antung. U.S. intelligence officers guessed that the enemy might launch a massive air effort against the allies, with the claim that it was entirely Korea-based, thus hoping to avoid U.N. retaliation against Manchuria...
...antiaircraft fire. During the attack, some 50 MIG-15s whirled up from Antung, but only a dozen of them challenged the U.S. raiders, and were easily driven off. The others headed back into Manchuria-apparently under the erroneous impression that the U.S. had decided to hit Antung and other Manchurian lairs...