Evening star., 1953-05-13
MIG Alley FIyover Planned
For Armed Forces Day Here
Eight Subre Jets
Will Climax
6H-Hour Show

Spectators at the big Armed
Forces Day celebration here
Saturday and Sunday are going
to get a 30-second idea Of what
MIG Alley in Korea looks like.
After lis of the newest mill
tary aircraft fleX their muscles
in a f1yover interspersed with
other spectacular demonstra-
tions. squadron of eight Air
Force F-86 Sabre jets will streak
across the sky to climax the 612-
hour free show at Boiling Air
Force Base.
The Sabre jets will cover
145-mile rectangular course end
ing at Boiling in Is minutes.
The planes will take of two at
a time every 20 seconds, and all
will be airborne within one min
ute.
Latest Planes to Be Seen.
From almost the biggest to
the smallest, the latest planes
will be represented. either in the
air or on ground display. There
will be little Army Lie recon-
naissance planes. as we'll as the
big B-36 intercontinental bomb
er, backbone of the Strategic Air
Command and packing the
mightiest long-range atomic
punch. The wingspan of the
B-36 is twice the distance of the
entire first flight of the Wright
brothers. This will be the f1rst1
time a B-36 has been on public
display at Boiling, according to
the Air Force.
There will be retreat forma-
tions of fighters and bomberS
and the air will be full OF Amer
ica's top fighters. interceptors.
bombers, cargo, reconnaissance
and evacuation aircraft.
A first for local spectators will
be the appearance of the Navy's
brand-new F7U3 CutlaSS, a tall
less Swept-wing carrier-based
Jet fighter. Other Navy aircraft
making their local debut will in
clude the FJ2 Fury and the F9F6
Courgar, both 600-mile-an-hour
class swept-wing jet fighters de-
signed to operate from carriers.
And Navy TBM torpedo bombers
also will demonstrate aircraft
carrier landings and take-of1
procedure.
Combat Alert Scramble.
Later in the afternoon, the
Thunderjets will execute their
simulated combat alert scramble.
There also will be a jet-as-
sisted-take-off JATO) of two
Thunderjets and a Navy P2V
Neptune patrol bomber. The
JATO bottles carried beneath the
fuselage develop a thrust equal
to the maximum power of jet
engine in full fight and last
about Is seconds. The planes
using JATO climp steeply and
leave heavy vapor trails in their
wake.
Three C-124A Globemaster II
transports. flying houses. as
they are called, also will fly over
the field, roaring a deafening
crescendo. There also will be
three Clio twin-tail Packet
cargo planes, nine B-29 Super
fortresses. nineteen B-26 light
bombers and other aircraft in the
flyover. One of the giant Globe
masters, which most recently
flew United Nations prisoners
out of Korea, will land and un-
load a cargo of fully equipped
combat troops.
Helicopter assault landings will
be demonstrated by the Marine
Corps. The Leathernecks also
will storm a simulated beach,
head and land a Mighty Mite"
ambulance, a versatile vehicle
weighing only $500 pounds and
capable of operation along the
most difficult terrain.
A big parade along Constitu-
ton avenue NV, will precede
the two-day celebration at Boil
ling. The parade, on Saturday,
will have segments from all the
armed forces. as well as civic and
veterans groups.
There will be hundreds of
pieces of equipment at Boiling.
which the public will be allowed
to operate. The exhibits will in
clude full-size hospital trains,
captured enemy tanks and weap-
onS, portable field kitchens, big
Navy blimp. Psychological war
fare exhibits, armored clothing,
the Army's big new BARC. or
amphibious cargo barge; the big
geSt guns Of Army ardnance, and
the latest rescue developments
Of the Coast Guard and Air Res
cue Service. The Military Air
Transport Service also will have
o display Of hospital planes.
The Metropolitan and Air Po-
lice and making special arrange
mentS to speed the flow of traffic
to and from Boiling without con-
gestion. Boiling is so big that
an expected crowd of more than
10000 persons will have plenty
Of room to walk around and see
all the exhibits. There will be
free and ample parking facilities.