where he flew the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-86_Sabre" title="F-86 Sabre" class="mw-redirect">F-86 Sabre</a>. The squadron deployed to <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toul-Rosi%C3%A8res_Air_Base" title="Toul-Rosières Air Base">Toul-Rosières Air Base</a>, <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> in the fall of 1954. From Toul, he flew a mission for gunnery practice near <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli" title="Tripoli">Tripoli, Libya</a>. He was then returning to 