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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Battle of Suwon Airfield</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>27 June 1950</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location">Over <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United 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Little</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Unknown</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Units involved</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/8th_Fighter_Wing" title="8th Fighter Wing">8th Fighter Wing</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea_%281948%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Air_Division_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Air Division (North Korea) (page does not exist)">1st Air Division</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted 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title="Pusan Perimeter offensive">Pusan Perimeter offensive</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Second Battle of Seoul">2nd Seoul</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/UN_September_1950_counteroffensive" class="mw-redirect" title="UN September 1950 counteroffensive">UN September 1950 counteroffensive</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_282" title="Battle of Hill 282">Hill 282</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/UN_offensive_into_North_Korea" title="UN offensive into North Korea">UN offensive into North Korea</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sariwon" title="Battle of Sariwon">Sariwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongyang_(1950)" title="Battle of Pyongyang (1950)">Pyongyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongyu" title="Battle of Yongyu">Yongyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kujin" title="Battle of Kujin">Kujin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chongju_(1950)" title="Battle of Chongju (1950)">Chongju</a></li> <li><a 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title="Task Force Faith">Task Force Faith</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_retreat_from_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="UN retreat from North Korea">UN retreat from North Korea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hungnam_evacuation" title="Hungnam evacuation">Hungnam evacuation</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Third Battle of Seoul">3rd Seoul</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1951)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1951)">Uijeongbu</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_and_Second_Battles_of_Wonju" class="mw-redirect" title="First and Second Battles of Wonju">1st and 2nd Wonju</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pohang_Operation" title="Pohang Operation">Pohang</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Fighting_around_the_38th_parallel_(January–June_1951)" title="Korean War">Fighting around the 38th parallel</a><br /><small>(January – June 1951)</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaegunghyon" 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the Soyang River">Soyang River</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/UN_May%E2%80%93June_1951_counteroffensive" title="UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive">UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive</a></b></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Stalemate_(July_1951_–_July_1953)" title="Korean War">Stalemate</a><br /><small>(July 1951 – 27 July 1953)</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Ridge" title="Battle of Bloody Ridge">Bloody Ridge</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Minden" title="Operation Minden">Minden</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Punchbowl" title="Battle of the Punchbowl">Punchbowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Heartbreak_Ridge" title="Battle of Heartbreak Ridge">Heartbreak Ridge</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Commando" title="Operation Commando">Commando</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="First Battle of Maryang-san">1st Maryang-san</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arrowhead_Hill" title="Battle of Arrowhead Hill">Arrowhead Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill" title="Battle of Triangle Hill">Triangle Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jackson_Heights" title="Battle of Jackson Heights">Jackson Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Noris" title="Battle of the Noris">Noris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="First Battle of the Hook">1st Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Second Battle of the Hook">2nd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chatkol" title="Battle of Chatkol">Chatkol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Outpost_Vegas" title="Battle for Outpost Vegas">Outpost Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill" title="Battle of Pork Chop Hill">Pork Chop Hill</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Little_Switch" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Little Switch">Little Switch</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nevada_Complex" title="Battle of the Nevada Complex">Nevada Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Third Battle of the Hook">3rd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outpost_Harry" title="Outpost Harry">Outpost Harry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kumsong" title="Battle of Kumsong">Kumsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Berlin_Outposts_and_Boulder_City" title="Battle of the Berlin Outposts and Boulder City">Berlin Outposts and Boulder City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River" title="Battle of the Samichon River">Samichon River</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Korean Armistice Agreement</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Big_Switch" title="Operation Big Switch">Big Switch</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panmunjom_Declaration" title="Panmunjom Declaration">Panmunjom Declaration</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Aerial_warfare" title="Korean War">Air operations</a><br /><small>(1950 – 1953)</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Battle_of_South_Korea" title="Air Battle of South Korea">Air Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strangle_(Korean_War)" title="Operation Strangle (Korean War)">Strangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea" title="Bombing of North Korea">Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Naval_warfare" title="Korean War">Naval operations</a><br /><small>(1950 – 1953)</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Naval_engagements_of_the_Korean_War" title="Template:Campaignbox Naval engagements of the Korean War"><span class="wrap">Naval engagements of the Korean War</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><i>For further information, see also:</i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Template:Korean_War" title="Template:Korean War"><span class="wrap">Korean War (template)</span></a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Suwon Airfield</b> was the first <a href="/wiki/Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">aerial battle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> occurring on 27 June 1950 over <a href="/wiki/Kimpo_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimpo Airfield">Kimpo Airfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suwon_Air_Base" title="Suwon Air Base">Suwon Airfield</a>. The battle, between aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, ended in a victory for the <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">US Air Force</a> after nine of its aircraft successfully shot down seven <a href="/wiki/North_Korean_People%27s_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="North Korean People's Air Force">North Korean People's Air Force</a> aircraft. It was the first direct engagement of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Battle_of_South_Korea" title="Air Battle of South Korea">Air Battle of South Korea</a>. </p><p>With the outbreak of the war two days earlier, the US forces were attempting to evacuate US civilians and diplomats from the city of <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, where a <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Seoul" title="First Battle of Seoul">battle was ongoing</a> between North and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a> forces. Transport aircraft and ships, escorted by US fighter planes, were attempting to move civilians out of the country as fast as possible. During these missions on 27 June US forces were attacked by North Korean aircraft in two separate incidents in the Seoul area. Despite being outnumbered, the better-built American aircraft outmaneuvered the North Koreans, quickly shooting down half of the attacking force. </p><p>The actions were among few air-to-air battles in the early phase of the war as the North Koreans, realizing their aircraft were outmatched, quickly stopped using them aggressively against the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a>. The battle also signaled a turning point in the <a href="/wiki/Jet_Age" title="Jet Age">Jet Age</a>, as new, <a href="/wiki/Jet_engine" title="Jet engine">jet engine</a> powered <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> had easily bested conventional fighters. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pokpung" title="Operation Pokpung">Operation Pokpung</a></div> <p>On the morning of 25 June ten divisions of the <a href="/wiki/North_Korean_People%27s_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="North Korean People's Army">North Korean People's Army</a> launched a full-scale invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Korea">Republic of Korea</a>. The force of 89,000 men moved in six columns, catching the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army" title="Republic of Korea Army">Republic of Korea Army</a> by surprise, resulting in a rout. The smaller South Korean army suffered from widespread lack of organization and equipment, and was unprepared for war.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The numerically superior North Korean forces destroyed isolated resistance from the 38,000 South Korean soldiers on the front before it began moving steadily south.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To prevent South Korea's collapse, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> voted to send military forces. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">United States Seventh Fleet</a> dispatched <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_77_(United_States_Navy)" title="Task Force 77 (United States Navy)">Task Force 77</a>, led by the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_carrier" title="Fleet carrier">fleet carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Valley_Forge_(CV-45)" title="USS Valley Forge (CV-45)">USS <i>Valley Forge</i></a>; the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Far East Fleet (United Kingdom)">Far East Fleet</a> dispatched several ships, including <a href="/wiki/HMS_Triumph_(R16)" title="HMS Triumph (R16)">HMS <i>Triumph</i></a>, to provide air and naval support.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 27 June the naval and air forces moving to Korea had authorization to attack North Korean targets with the goal of helping repel the North Korean invasion of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the US forces accepting the North Korean attack as an act of war, it became imperative to evacuate civilians and American diplomats from Korea, as the forces of the north and south were battling across the peninsula. By 27 June the South Koreans were losing the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Seoul" title="First Battle of Seoul">First Battle of Seoul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Apple39_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple39-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of South Korea's forces retreated in the face of the invasion. The North Koreans captured the city on 28 June, forcing the South Korean government and its shattered army to retreat further south.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meantime, US naval and air forces were evacuating US diplomats, military dependents, and civilians by ship and air transport, hoping to get American civilians out of the country "by any means." Civilians were being gathered at <a href="/wiki/Suwon_Air_Base" title="Suwon Air Base">Suwon Airfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kimpo_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimpo Airfield">Kimpo Airfield</a> in Seoul, before moving to <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> and out of the country. These airlifts and convoys were being escorted by aircraft from the <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">United States Far East Force</a>, which was operating its aircraft from bases in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-Apple39_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple39-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two Koreas had very small air forces of their own, with the North Koreans' 132 aircraft organized into the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Air_Division_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Air Division (North Korea) (page does not exist)">1st Air Division</a>. At the early phase in the war, these aircraft were used boldly to the North Koreans' advantage.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_sortie">First sortie</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First sortie"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the morning of 27 June a flight of five <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">F-82 Twin Mustangs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/68th_Fighter_Squadron" title="68th Fighter Squadron">68th Fighter Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/339th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="339th Fighter Squadron">339th Fighter Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/8th_Fighter_Wing" title="8th Fighter Wing">8th Fighter Wing</a> commanded by <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">flying ace</a> Major <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_W._Little&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James W. Little (page does not exist)">James W. Little</a><sup id="cite_ref-DL7_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL7-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were escorting four <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-54 Skymaster</a> aircraft out of Kimpo.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut12_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut12-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four transports were unarmed and filled with civilians from the Seoul area, en route to Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-MT_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 12:00, a flight of five <a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean People's Air Force">Korean People's Air Force</a> (KPAF) <a href="/wiki/Lavochkin_La-7" title="Lavochkin La-7">Lavochkin La-7</a> appeared at an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m). The North Korean aircraft were headed for Kimpo Airfield with the intention of attacking US transports. Spotting the transport aircraft, the five North Korean planes immediately descended on them and opened fire, scoring several hits.<sup id="cite_ref-MT_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The North Koreans then opened fire on the five US fighters guarding the transport aircraft. Little ordered return fire and personally fired the first shot against the North Koreans.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut12_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut12-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The North Korean aircraft split off into two groups, with two climbing rapidly into the clouds and the remaining three descending. Two F-82s piloted by Lieutenant Charles B. Moran (<a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_serials" class="mw-redirect" title="United States military aircraft serials">tail number</a> 46-357) and Lieutenant William G. Hudson (tail number 46-383) followed the ascending pair. The two North Korean aircraft maneuvered around Moran's aircraft and opened fire, damaging the tail of his plane. Hudson responded by attacking the lead plane, forcing it to ascend further. Hudson's shots struck the aircraft in the <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a> and right wing.<sup id="cite_ref-DL8_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The North Korean pilot subsequently bailed out of the aircraft, though the navigator remained in it and was killed when the aircraft crashed. </p><p>Moran, in the meantime, had stalled while attempting to avoid the second North Korean plane, and when his aircraft recovered he was able to quickly shoot down the second aircraft which had accelerated in front of his.<sup id="cite_ref-DL8_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Little then dove his aircraft to engage the three remaining aircraft, quickly shooting one down while attempting to assist Moran.<sup id="cite_ref-DL8_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The US planes, which were faster and more maneuverable than the North Korean aircraft, easily outperformed them. Within several minutes, three victories were claimed; one each by Little, Hudson, and Moran. The remaining two North Korean planes immediately fled.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut12_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut12-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The US aircraft, in the meantime, suffered damage from the dogfight though none was shot down. Fire broke out in Little's <a href="/wiki/Cockpit" title="Cockpit">cockpit</a>, but he rallied the other aircraft and continued to escort them to their destination in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-MT_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initial reports differed on who had made the first kill, which would be the first North Korean plane shot down by the United Nations forces in the war. Later research indicated Hudson had successfully shot down the first aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut13_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The timing of Hudson and Moran's victories remains unclear, and it is possible each scored a victory within seconds of the other.<sup id="cite_ref-DL8_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For his determination in leading the flight, though, Little was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MT_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_sortie">Second sortie</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second sortie"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-80s-36fbs-korea-1950.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/F-80s-36fbs-korea-1950.jpg/250px-F-80s-36fbs-korea-1950.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/F-80s-36fbs-korea-1950.jpg/375px-F-80s-36fbs-korea-1950.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/F-80s-36fbs-korea-1950.jpg/500px-F-80s-36fbs-korea-1950.jpg 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="267" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">F-80Cs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/8th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Fighter-Bomber Group">8th Fighter-Bomber Group</a> in Korea during the summer of 1950.</figcaption></figure> <p>Word of the dogfight spread throughout the area, and an air alert was quickly posted over Seoul. In response, four <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">F-80C Shooting Star</a> aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/35th_Fighter_Squadron" title="35th Fighter Squadron">35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a> under Captain Raymond E. Schillereff <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were posted in the skies over Seoul to counter any North Korean aircraft appearing in the area. The F-80s were <a href="/wiki/Jet_engine" title="Jet engine">jet engine</a>-powered <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> which would easily defeat all of the aircraft known in the North Koreans' air force.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut13_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early in the afternoon, the North Korean aircraft returned in larger numbers to attack the air transports. A flight of eight <a href="/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-10" title="Ilyushin Il-10">Ilyushin Il-10s</a> appeared in the airspace between Seoul and Incheon, attempting to ambush transport aircraft while still on the ground at the airfields. The F-80s spotted the North Korean planes and engaged them.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut13_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The North Korean aircraft split into two groups of four and quickly destroyed a <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">Republic of Korea Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">T-6 Texan</a> parked on the tarmac at Kimpo.<sup id="cite_ref-DL9_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Apple44_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple44-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_US_jet-aircraft_victory">First US jet-aircraft victory</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First US jet-aircraft victory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The four F-80 aircraft were able to attack the North Koreans from a greater distance. With a minimal amount of maneuvering, the US aircraft rushed the North Korean formation and quickly shot four of them down; two by Lieutenant Robert E. Wayne, one by Lieutenant Robert H. Dewald, and one by Schillereff. These victories were the first for US Air Force jet-powered fighters in history.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut13_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The four remaining North Korean pilots immediately retreated to the north. The aircraft likely staged at <a href="/wiki/Pyongyang_Air_Base" title="Pyongyang Air Base">Pyongyang Air Base</a> and informed their superiors. No additional North Korean aircraft were spotted in the area for the rest of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut13_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the day the US aircraft from the three squadrons had flown 163 sorties.<sup id="cite_ref-Apple39_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple39-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Air_Battle_of_South_Korea" title="Air Battle of South Korea">Air Battle of South Korea</a></div> <p>The battle was the first air-to-air dogfight between the United Nations and North Korea in the war. The North Koreans were unsuccessful in attempting to shoot down the air transports, and in the end none of the refugees in the evacuation was injured by the North Koreans.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut12_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut12-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In all, the operation saw 2,001 people, including 1,527 US nationals, evacuated from the peninsula ahead of the wider war.<sup id="cite_ref-Apple39_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple39-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The battle was also considered a sign of the US's arrival into the <a href="/wiki/Jet_Age" title="Jet Age">Jet Age</a>. The Il-10, which had been considered a high quality and effective conventional aircraft in World War II, had been easily outmatched by the F-80 and its jet engine. The engagement was a rare example of an air-to-air battle at the early phase of the war, and North Korean forces became much more cautious when deploying their aircraft in battle, knowing they were easily outnumbered and outmatched by UN forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Fut13_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fut13-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next several months, the UN forces enjoyed <a href="/wiki/Air_supremacy" title="Air supremacy">air supremacy</a>, operating their air forces in support of ground combat virtually unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Apple257_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple257-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The public perception of the F-80s, which had to this point been cautious, improved with news of the victories.<sup id="cite_ref-DL10_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DL10-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAlexander2003">Alexander 2003</a>, p. 1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAlexander2003">Alexander 2003</a>, p. 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMalkasian2001">Malkasian 2001</a>, p. 23</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAppleman1998">Appleman 1998</a>, p. 38</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Apple39-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Apple39_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Apple39_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Apple39_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Apple39_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAppleman1998">Appleman 1998</a>, p. 39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVarhola2000">Varhola 2000</a>, p. 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFutrell1997">Futrell 1997</a>, p. 19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DL7-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DL7_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDorrLake1999">Dorr & Lake 1999</a>, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fut12-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fut12_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut12_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut12_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut12_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFutrell1997">Futrell 1997</a>, p. 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MT-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MT_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MT_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MT_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MT_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=25221"><i>Valor Awards for James Walter Little</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Gannett_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gannett Company">Gannett Company</a>, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-08-23</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Valor+Awards+for+James+Walter+Little&rft.pub=Gannett+Company&rft.date=2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmilitarytimes.com%2Fcitations-medals-awards%2Frecipient.php%3Frecipientid%3D25221&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Suwon+Airfield" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DL8-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DL8_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DL8_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DL8_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DL8_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDorrLake1999">Dorr & Lake 1999</a>, p. 8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fut13-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fut13_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut13_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut13_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut13_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut13_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fut13_12-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFutrell1997">Futrell 1997</a>, p. 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schillereff was later on the cover of Life Magazine July 17, 1950. He was later killed in an aircraft accident in the United States August 8, 1951.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DL9-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DL9_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDorrLake1999">Dorr & Lake 1999</a>, p. 9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Apple44-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Apple44_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAppleman1998">Appleman 1998</a>, p. 44</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Apple257-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Apple257_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAppleman1998">Appleman 1998</a>, p. 257</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DL10-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DL10_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDorrLake1999">Dorr & Lake 1999</a>, p. 10</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlexander2003" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Bevin_Alexander" title="Bevin Alexander">Alexander, Bevin</a> (2003), <i>Korea: The First War We Lost</i>, New York: <a href="/wiki/Hippocrene_Books" title="Hippocrene Books">Hippocrene Books</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7818-1019-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7818-1019-7"><bdi>978-0-7818-1019-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Korea%3A+The+First+War+We+Lost&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Hippocrene+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-7818-1019-7&rft.aulast=Alexander&rft.aufirst=Bevin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Suwon+Airfield" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAppleman1998" class="citation cs2">Appleman, Roy E. (1998), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140207235336/http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/toc.htm"><i>South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: United States Army in the Korean War</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>: <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-16-001918-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-16-001918-0"><bdi>978-0-16-001918-0</bdi></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/toc.htm">the original</a> on 2014-02-07<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-08-24</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=South+to+the+Naktong%2C+North+to+the+Yalu%3A+United+States+Army+in+the+Korean+War&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pub=Department+of+the+Army&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-16-001918-0&rft.aulast=Appleman&rft.aufirst=Roy+E.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.army.mil%2Fbooks%2Fkorea%2F20-2-1%2Ftoc.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Suwon+Airfield" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDorrLake1999" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Dorr" title="Robert F. Dorr">Dorr, Robert F.</a>; Lake, John (1999), <i>Korean War Aces</i>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford, England">Oxford</a>, United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-501-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-501-2"><bdi>978-1-85532-501-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Korean+War+Aces&rft.place=Oxford%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-1-85532-501-2&rft.aulast=Dorr&rft.aufirst=Robert+F.&rft.au=Lake%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+Suwon+Airfield" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFutrell1997" class="citation cs2">Futrell, Robert F. 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Belligerents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Forces_in_the_Korean_War" title="United Nations Forces in the Korean War">United Nations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_in_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="South Korea in the Korean War">Republic of Korea</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_in_the_Korean_War" title="Australia in the Korean War">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Volunteer_Corps_for_Korea" title="Belgian Volunteer Corps for Korea">Belgium and Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_in_the_Korean_War" title="Canada in the Korean War">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_Battalion" title="Colombian Battalion">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagnew_Battalion" title="Kagnew Battalion">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Battalion" title="French Battalion">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Expeditionary_Force_(Korea)" title="Greek Expeditionary Force (Korea)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regiment_van_Heutsz#Korean_War" title="Regiment van Heutsz">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_in_the_Korean_War" title="New Zealand in the Korean War">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Expeditionary_Forces_to_Korea" title="Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_in_the_Korean_War" title="Thailand in the Korean War">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Brigade" title="Turkish Brigade">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Squadron_SAAF#Korean_War" title="2 Squadron SAAF">South 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Korean War">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Red_Cross_Hospital_68" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Red Cross Hospital 68">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NORMASH" class="mw-redirect" title="NORMASH">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_in_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweden in the Korean War">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic" title="Hungarian People's Republic">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_German_Red_Cross_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="West German Red Cross Hospital">West Germany</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Political leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">rok</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Syngman_Rhee" title="Syngman Rhee">Syngman Rhee</a></b></li> <li><a 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Truman">Harry S. Truman</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">uk</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">ca</span></b></li> <li><b> <a href="/wiki/Louis_St._Laurent" title="Louis St. Laurent">Louis St. Laurent</a></b></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">dprk</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Hon-yong" title="Pak Hon-yong">Pak Hon-yong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Chaek" title="Kim Chaek">Kim Chaek</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">prc</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" title="Zhou Enlai">Zhou Enlai</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">ussr</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Malenkov" title="Georgy Malenkov">Georgy Malenkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov" title="Vyacheslav Molotov">Vyacheslav Molotov</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military commanders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><span class="smallcaps">rok</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kim_Hong-il_(general)" title="Kim Hong-il (general)">Kim Hong-il</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong-oh" title="Kim Jong-oh">Kim Jong-oh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Il-kwon" title="Chung Il-kwon">Chung Il-kwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paik_Sun-yup" title="Paik Sun-yup">Paik Sun-yup</a></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">usa</span></b></li> <li><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a></span></b></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wayne_Clark" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Wayne Clark">Mark Wayne Clark</a></span></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">dprk</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Choe_Yong-gon_(official)" title="Choe Yong-gon (official)">Choi Yong-kun</a></b></li> <li><b><span class="smallcaps">prc</span></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Peng_Dehuai" title="Peng Dehuai">Peng Dehuai</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Geng" title="Chen Geng">Chen Geng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deng_Hua" title="Deng Hua">Deng Hua</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_order_of_battle" title="Korean War order of battle">Order of battle</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">Korean People's Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces" title="Republic of Korea Armed Forces">Republic of Korea Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_battle_of_Australian_forces_during_the_Korean_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of battle of Australian forces during the Korean War">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Volunteer_Army_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese People's Volunteer Army order of battle">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations contingents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Eighth_Army_Korean_War_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Eighth Army Korean War order of battle">United States Eighth Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Seventh_Fleet_Korean_War_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Seventh Fleet Korean War order of battle">United States Seventh Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean People's Air Force">Korean People's Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Course_of_the_war" title="Korean War">Military operations</a><br /> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Korean_war_1950-1953.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif/110px-Korean_war_1950-1953.gif" decoding="async" width="110" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif/165px-Korean_war_1950-1953.gif 1.5x, 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Andong">Andong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Osan" title="Battle of Osan">Osan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongtaek" title="Battle of Pyongtaek">Pyongtaek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chonan" title="Battle of Chonan">Chonan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chochiwon" title="Battle of Chochiwon">Chochiwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kum_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Kum River">Kum River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon" title="Battle of Taejon">Taejon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sangju_(1950)" title="Battle of Sangju (1950)">Sangju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongdong" title="Battle of Yongdong">Yongdong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hwanggan" title="Battle of Hwanggan">Hwanggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadong_Ambush" title="Hadong Ambush">Hadong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Notch" title="Battle of the Notch">Notch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pusan_Perimeter" title="Battle of the Pusan Perimeter"><b>Pusan Perimeter</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Masan" title="Battle of Masan">Masan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_P%27ohang-dong" title="Battle of P'ohang-dong">P'ohang-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taegu" title="Battle of Taegu">Taegu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="First Battle of Naktong Bulge">1st Naktong Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bowling_Alley" title="Battle of the Bowling Alley">Bowling Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Battle_Mountain" title="Battle of Battle Mountain">Battle Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kyongju" title="Battle of Kyongju">Kyongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haman" title="Battle of Haman">Haman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nam_River" title="Battle of Nam River">Nam River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ka-san" title="Battle of Ka-san">Ka-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabu-dong" title="Battle of Tabu-dong">Tabu-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongsan" title="Battle of Yongsan">Yongsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="Second Battle of Naktong Bulge">2nd Naktong Bulge</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Battle_of_Inchon_(September_1950)" title="Korean War">United Nations Command<br /> Counteroffensive</a></i><br /><small>(15 September – 30 October 1950)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haeju" title="Battle of Haeju">Haeju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon"><b>Inchon</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Second Battle of Seoul">2nd Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_282" title="Battle of Hill 282">Hill 282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sariwon" title="Battle of Sariwon">Sariwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongyang_(1950)" title="Battle of Pyongyang (1950)">Pyongyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongyu" title="Battle of Yongyu">Yongyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kujin" title="Battle of Kujin">Kujin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chongju_(1950)" title="Battle of Chongju (1950)">Chongju</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#China_intervenes_(October–December_1950)" title="Korean War">Chinese Intervention</a></i><br /><small>(25 October 1950 – January 1951)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Onjong" title="Battle of Onjong">Onjong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Unsan" title="Battle of Unsan">Unsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Pakchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ch%27ongch%27on_River" title="Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River"><b>Ch'ongch'on River</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wawon" title="Battle of Wawon">Wawon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir" title="Battle of Chosin Reservoir"><b>Chosin Reservoir</b></a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Faith" title="Task Force Faith">Task Force Faith</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Third Battle of Seoul">3rd Seoul</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1951)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1951)">Uijeongbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaegunghyon" title="Battle of Chaegunghyon">Chaegunghyon</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_and_Second_Battles_of_Wonju" class="mw-redirect" title="First and Second Battles of Wonju">1st and 2nd Wonju</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Fighting_around_the_38th_parallel_(January–June_1951)" title="Korean War">Combat around the 38th parallel</a></i><br /><small>(January – June 1951)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Thunderbolt_(1951)" title="Operation Thunderbolt (1951)">Thunderbolt</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roundup_(1951)" title="Operation Roundup (1951)">Roundup</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Twin_Tunnels" title="Battle of the Twin Tunnels">Twin Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hoengsong" title="Battle of Hoengsong">Hoengsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chipyong-ni" title="Battle of Chipyong-ni">Chipyong-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Wonju" title="Third Battle of Wonju">3rd Wonju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chuam-ni" title="Battle of Chuam-ni">Chuam-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Wonsan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Killer" title="Operation Killer">Killer</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ripper" title="Operation Ripper"><i>Ripper</i> (4th Seoul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maehwa-san" title="Battle of Maehwa-san">Maehwa-san</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Courageous" title="Operation Courageous">Courageous</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tomahawk" title="Operation Tomahawk">Tomahawk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rugged" title="Operation Rugged">Rugged</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dauntless" title="Operation Dauntless">Dauntless</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_spring_offensive" title="Chinese spring offensive"><b>Spring offensive</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Imjin_River" title="Battle of the Imjin River">Imjin River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yultong" title="Battle of Yultong">Yultong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Kapyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Soyang_River" title="Battle of the Soyang River">Soyang River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_May%E2%80%93June_1951_counteroffensive" title="UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive">UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Aerial_warfare" title="Korean War">Air operations</a></i><br /><small>(1950–1953)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strangle_(Korean_War)" title="Operation Strangle (Korean War)">Strangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea" title="Bombing of North Korea">Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Naval_warfare" title="Korean War">Naval operations</a></i><br /><small>(1950–1953)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Korea Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haeju" title="Battle of Haeju">Haeju</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">Inchon</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Blockade of Wonsan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_the_Han_River_(1951)" title="Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)">Han River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Stalemate_(July_1951_–_July_1953)" title="Korean War">Stalemate</a></i><br /><small>(July 1951 – 27 July 1953)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Ridge" title="Battle of Bloody Ridge">Bloody Ridge</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Minden" title="Operation Minden">Minden</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Punchbowl" title="Battle of the Punchbowl">Punchbowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Heartbreak_Ridge" title="Battle of Heartbreak Ridge">Heartbreak Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_the_Han_River_(1951)" title="Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)">Han River</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Commando" title="Operation Commando">Commando</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="First Battle of Maryang-san">1st Maryang-san</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haktang-ni" title="Battle of Haktang-ni">Haktang-ni</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Polecharge" title="Operation Polecharge">Polecharge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="Second Battle of Maryang-san">2nd Maryang-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_Eerie" title="Battle of Hill Eerie">Hill Eerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Old_Baldy" title="Battle of Old Baldy">Old Baldy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blaze" title="Operation Blaze">Blaze</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_White_Horse_Hill" title="Battle of White Horse Hill">White Horse Hill</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill" title="Battle of Triangle Hill">Triangle Hill</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="First Battle of the Hook">1st Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Second Battle of the Hook">2nd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chatkol" title="Battle of Chatkol">Chatkol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Outpost_Vegas" title="Battle for Outpost Vegas">Outpost Vegas</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill" title="Battle of Pork Chop Hill">Pork Chop Hill</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Third Battle of the Hook">3rd Hook</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Outpost_Harry" title="Outpost Harry">Outpost Harry</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kumsong" title="Battle of Kumsong">Kumsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River" title="Battle of the Samichon River">Samichon River</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Korean Armistice Agreement</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Korean_War" title="Aftermath of the Korean War">Aftermath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day_(South_Korea)" title="Memorial Day (South Korea)">Memorial Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Casualties" title="Korean War">Casualties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Korean_War" title="War crimes in the Korean War">War crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Korean_War#Abuse_of_prisoners_of_war" title="War crimes in the Korean War">Prisoners of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Armistice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone" title="Korean Demilitarized Zone">DMZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_DMZ_Conflict" title="Korean DMZ Conflict">Korean DMZ Conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Limit_Line" title="Northern Limit Line">Northern Limit Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panmunjom_Declaration" title="Panmunjom Declaration">Panmunjom Declaration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_in_popular_culture" title="Korean War in popular culture">Popular culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_documentary_films_about_the_Korean_War" title="List of documentary films about the Korean War">Documentary films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_films" title="List of Korean War films">Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_books_about_the_Korean_War" title="List of books about the Korean War">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_reenactment" title="Korean War reenactment">Reenactment</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H" title="M*A*S*H">M*A*S*H</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_television_series" title="List of Korean War television series">Television series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations" title="North Korea–South Korea relations">North Korea–South Korea relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_conflict" title="Korean conflict">Korean conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegations_of_biological_warfare_in_the_Korean_War" title="Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War">Allegations of biological warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_and_British_defectors_in_the_Korean_War" title="List of American and British defectors in the Korean War">American and British defectors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_flying_aces" title="List of Korean War flying aces">Flying aces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_Korean_War_on_the_economy_of_the_United_States" title="Impact of the Korean War on the economy of the United States">Impact on the economy of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blacklist_Forty" title="Operation Blacklist Forty">Operation <i>Blacklist Forty</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Glory" title="Operation Glory">Operation <i>Glory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Memorial_Cemetery" title="United Nations Memorial Cemetery">United Nations Memorial Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_weapons" title="List of Korean War weapons">Weapons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><i>See also:</i></li> <li><b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Korean_War" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Korean War">Korean War images</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Template:Cold_War" title="Template:Cold War"><span class="wrap">Cold War</span></a></b><br /></li></ul> <div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-bordered" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><span class="portal-bar-header"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">Portals</a>:</span><ul 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