# American Airpower in the Korean War - America's First Ace

America's first ace was Air Force Major James Jabara, who scored his initial victory on April 3, 1951 and his fifth and sixth victories on May 20. In 1953, he had shot down nine more MiG-15s, giving him a total of 15 air-to-air jet victories during the Korean War.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: United States Air Force
- Genres: War
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Airpower_in_the_Korean_War_-_America%27s_First_Ace.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: United States Air Force
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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