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A USAF North American F-51D Mustang fighter-bomber loaded with bombs and rockets rolls along before takeoff on a combat mission in Korea, September 1951. Oregon Guard pilots deployed with the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing flew F-51D Mustangs like this in combat operations. During the Korean War, ORANG pilots flew 1,021 combat sorties, dropped 1,056 bombs, fired 3,715 rockets, dropped 456 napalm bombs and expended 1,194,000 rounds of .50 caliber machine gun ammunition against the enemy forces.

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