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PHOTOCOPIED October 2, 2002; NASM PRESERVATION COPY 

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NEW HAVEN EVENING REGISTER, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1955 

13th Air Force In Pacific Expanded To Include Red-Threatened Formosa

MANILA (AP) - The responsibility of the U. S. 13th Air Force, chiefly centered in the Philippines, has been expanded to include the Communist-threatened Formosa area, it was announced today.

Advance headquarters will be set up at Taipei, Formosa, by July 10, said Brig. Gen. William Lee, 13th Air Force commander.

The 13th was placed under the Pacific Air Force with headquarters in Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Ben O. Davis, Far East Air Forces director of operations in Japan, was named vice commander of the 13th in charge of Taipei advance headquarters.

The 13th, formerly under FEAF Command, is the second air force to be placed in Maj. Gen. Sory Smith's Pacific Air Force. The 7th Air Force was reactivated several months ago in Hawaii and maintains an advance headquarters in Guam.

Operational jurisdiction of U.S. Air Force tactical units in Formosa has been transferred from the 5th Air Force to the 13th. The main headquarters of the 13th will remain at Clark Base north of Manila.

U. S. Air Force fighter squadrons have been operating in the Formosa area since January when the 18th fighter bomber wing was rushed to the island prior to the Tachen evacuation. At least one sabre jet squadron has been on duty in Formosa since.

The reorganization follows the reestablishment last year of a U. S. Air Force component to operate with the U. S. Pacific fleet under Adm. Felix B. Stump.
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