The Air Force Flag. In: Air Force Historical Research Agency. United States Air Force, 24. März 2007, archiviert vom Original am 2. September 2013; abgerufen am 7. August 2017.
The Air Force Flag. In: Air Force Historical Research Agency. United States Air Force, 24. März 2007, archiviert vom Original am 2. September 2013; abgerufen am 7. August 2017.
According to historians William T. Y’Blood and Walter J. Boyne, FEAF alone flew a total of 720,980 sorties, including over 92,000 close air support, 192,581 interdiction, over 20,000 bombing, 210,000 cargo, and thousands of reconnaissance and air superiority sorties. FEAF delivered 476,000 tons of ordnance (68 percent of the total amount of ordnance delivered during the war by the United Nations) and destroyed over 900 enemy aircraft. The fight for air supremacy also exacted incredible losses. FEAF lost some 1,466 aircraft (about half or 757 to enemy action). The Navy, Marines, and other United Nations forces lost another 520 aircraft. FEAF also lost 1,180 personnel, with an additional 600 non-fatal casualties reported, aus: A Decisive Presence: The United States Air Force in the Korean War (Memento vom 8. Dezember 2006 im Internet Archive). Zugriff am 11. Mai 2008.
