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    "ocrText": "I\nNinety close support sorties were flown, with 52 to ROK III Corps, 26 to\nU.S. IX Corps, and 12 to U.S. I Corps. Armes reconnaissance aircraft\nflew 158 sorties against targets of opportunity in over 50 areas, including\nHuichon, Chorwon, Sonchon, Taechon, and the Pyongyang area. Fifty-seven\ncounter-air sorties were flown on escort and combat air patrol, with 37\nof these aircraft attacking targets of opportunity upon completion of their\nprimary mission. During the night of 14-15 December, 26 intruder aircraft\nattacked military targets in more than 50 areas, and light bombers by day\nfollowed up with 30 sorties in 8 areas, among them Sinanju, Sukchon, and\nPyongyang. FEAF Combat Cargo Command's 265 sorties airlifted 2,756\npassengers, 701 evacuees, and 964.5 tons of freight. 24 Bomber Command\naircraft attacked enemy lines of communication and resupply centers,\nvisually bombing the marshalling yards at Sonchon, Sinanju, Namsi and\nChongju with excellent results. The usual two RB-29's flew photo recon-\nnaissance and surveillance of North Korea. (FEAF) (SECRET)\nIs. On 16 December, although inclement weather obscured most tar-\nget areas, FEAF was able to mount a limited number of combat flights in the\n173d consecutive day of operations. Fifty-five effective sorties were flown,\nincluding 5 reconnaissance, 7 fighter control, and 43 combat flights. Four\nsorties were flown in close support of the IX th Corps sector. Twenty armed\nreconnaissance aircraft attacked military targets of opportunity in seven\nareas. Nineteen night intruders attacked military targets in 19 areas. The\nFEAF Bomber Command dispatched one effective aircraft on a photo mapping\nmission in North Korea, with poor results due to weather. The FEAF Combat\nCargo Command flew 230 effective sorties, airlifting 1,174 passengers, 258\nevacuees and 1071-4 tons of freight. (FEAF) (SECRET)\n1. On 17 December, U.N. aircraft under FEAF control flew a total of\n587 sorties, including 125 transport, 20 reconnaissance, 39 fighter control,\nand 403 combat, of which 14 were flown by U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, 12\nby RAAF, and 10 by SAAF aircraft. Ninety=four close support sorties were\nflown, with 71 to U.S. IX Corps, 20 to ROK II Corps, and 3 to U.S. I Corps.\nArmed reconnaissance aircraft flew 153 sorties against targets of opportunity\nin 53 areas, including many strikes in the Pyongyang area, where approximately\n200 enemy troop casualties were inflicted, and between Huichon and Kanggye,\nwhere an estimated 100 enemy troops piling out of boxcars were strafed.\nFifty-six counter-air sorties were flown on escort for B-29's and RF-80's\nand on combat air patrol, attacking targets of opportunity upon completion\nof their primary mission. Five night intruder aircraft attacked military\ntargets and started fires in 11 areas, and these strikes were followed up by"
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