User talk:Hlmorton

I was a fighter pilot with the 35th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Group, from May 1953 to April 1954. We flew the F-86F as a Fighter-Bomber carrying two 500 lb bombs(one under each wing) and six 50 cal. machine guns in the nose. During that time we were attached to the 8th Fighter Bomber Group, 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing located at K-13, Suwon. Also attached to the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group were the 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron and the 80th Fighter Bomber Squadron as well as an F-94 Night Fighter-Interceptor.

Across the field (K-13) was the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing. My buddy, Chuck Simmons, flew the F-86F for that outfit.

The F-86F was very effective in support of our front line troops and in interdiction of North Korean Supply Routes. But its success as an air-to-air weapon has made it more attractive to journalists who go on and on about kill ratios. There were many sortees of the 4th that never encountered enemy aircraft but the 8th seldom failed to carry out its mission. Both were frequently grounded by weather.

My experience in Korea has been recorded in SabreJet Classics Magazine and in Friends Magazine of the Air Force Museum. If I may be of assistance (limited to my experiences) I would be willing to help.

Hlmorton (talk) 19:41, 1 December 2016 (UTC)Howard Morton, Pine, CO 303-838-1337