During two combat tours in Korea he flew 67 missions in the P-51, 35 in the F-80, and 121 in the F-86. While assigned to the 334 Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group, flying the F-86, he shot down nine Mig-15's, one LA-9 aircraft, probably destroyed another Mig-15, and damaged three other Mig-15's. When he returned to the United States in 1952, he was the leading Jet Ace.