Air superiority, Allied
attained over Leyte: [43]–44
Kuroda on effect of: [49]
over Philippines: [4], [6], [7]
Air support, U. S.: [7]–8. See also Air plans, U. S.; Fifth Air Force; Twentieth Air Force.
on A Day: [60]–61
close naval, of ground troops: [93]
estimate of: [93]
factors affecting: [93]–94
lack of, in attack on Formosa: [3]–4
lack of, in 6th Ranger operations: [54]
MacArthur on availability of, 1944: [4]
for Ormoc operation: [276], [279]–80
Air units, Allied. See also Allied Air Forces; Fifth Air Force; Thirteenth Air Force; XIII Bomber Command; Twentieth Air Force.
5th Bombardment Squadron: [96]
V Fighter Command: [281]
7th Fighter Squadron: [96]–98
9th Fighter Squadron: [96]
11th Air Cargo Resupply Squadron: [310]
42d Bombardment Group: [96]
49th Bomber Group: [98]–99
49th Fighter Group: [187]
307th Bombardment Group: [96]
308th Bombardment Wing: [94], [96], [212]–13, [220], [286]
341st Fighter Squadron: [28]
347th Fighter Squadron: [281]
868th Bombardment Squadron: [96]
Airborne Battalions
2d, 187th Glider: [324]
2d, 511th Parachute Regiment: [322]
3d, 511th Parachute Regiment: [322]
127th Engineer, [302]
Airborne Division, 11th: [254], [293]
commander of: [296]
and defense of airfields: [296]–98, [298n], [300], [302]–05
in Mahonag area: [322]
missions of: [222]–23, [313]
mopping-up operations of: [365]
Airborne operations, Japanese: [294]–96, [300]–305
Airborne Regiments
187th Glider: [298], [300], [303]–04, [323]
511th Parachute: [298], [322]–23
Aircraft, Japanese: [8], [22], [30], [42], [61]
Aircraft carriers, Japanese: [89]–91
Aircraft carriers, U. S.: [7], [8], [24], [40]–41, [43], [57], [60]–61, [85], [90]–92