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11 July Major John F. Bolt, USMC, downed his fifth

and sixth MiGs while operating with the Fifth Air

Force in Korea, becoming the first Naval Aviator to

attain five victories in jet aerial combat.

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12 August In the first successful shipboard launching of

a fully guided Terrier, the missile was fired from Mississippi

(EAG 1), and hit its target, an approaching F6F drone.

20 August Lieutenant Colonel Marion E. Carl,

USMC, piloted the D-558-2 Skyrocket to a new altitude

record of 83,235 feet over Edwards AFB, Calif.

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15 July Tunny (SSG 284) launched a Regulus missile

off Naval Air Missile Test Center (NAMTC). This, the

first submarine launching of a Regulus, was completed

with a simulated attack after which the missile was

successfully recovered on San Nicolas Island.

25 July Pilots of Task Force 77 flew 538 offensive

and 62 defensive sorties-their record for one day of

operations in the Korean War.

27 July On the final day of the Korean War, Task Force

77 expended its major effort on transportation facilities,

with airfields a secondary target. The attacks destroyed or

damaged 23 railroad cars, 11 railroad bridges, 1 railroad

tunnel, 9 highway bridges, and numerous buildings.

27 July United Nations and Communist representa-

tives signed an armistice at Panmunjom, bringing hos-

tilities to a halt in Korea.

D-558-2, high speed research aircraft in which LtCo1. Marion E. Carl

made flights at 1,143 mph and 83,235 feet 651837