Approved Comics #5

Air Cadet Larry "Flyboy" Jett and his sidekick Happy Holiday are shot down during a training flight and stumble upon a farmhouse hiding a sinister secret: the kidnapped jet engine expert Willard Frost is being held prisoner by a pair of crooks intent on smuggling him out of the country. The cadets must outwit their captors—including the volatile, trigger-happy muscle known as the Bull—to free Frost and save the day, all while facing the consequences of their rule-breaking heroics.

The Korean War brought a new breed of American hero to the skies, and Major George A. Davis, Jr., of Lubbock, Texas, stands among the finest jet pilots the nation has ever produced. From his first paid flight at thirteen to his arrival in Korea in October 1951, Davis's passion for flying never wavered—and in the Korean theater, his combat record speaks for itself: nine MiG fighters and three TU-2 bombers downed in just seventeen days as squadron leader. This is the story of how a barnstormer's kid became the holder of every jet combat record in the book.

Air Cadet Larry "Flyboy" Jett and his sidekick Happy Holiday spot a green sedan matching an FBI bulletin while on a routine solo flight—the vehicle's carrying three armed criminals and a kidnapped child. The two cadets dive into action to slow the crooks down, but their reckless aerial tactics land them in hot water back at base just as Colonel Chickering prepares to hand down serious consequences. What started as a chance to prove themselves becomes a high-stakes race against the clock to save the hostage and recover stolen military documents.

Air Cadet Larry "Flyboy" Jett's flying skills suddenly go haywire during night landings, leaving him on the brink of being washed out—until a chance discovery reveals the culprit behind his mysterious dizzy spells and watering eyes. When a runaway plane threatens disaster on the runway, Larry's quick thinking proves he's still got what it takes, but the real test comes when the truth about those mothballs in his jacket finally surfaces. This 1954 adventure proves that sometimes the toughest enemy isn't in the sky—it's lurking in the details.

Captain Fred C. Seals, Jr. of Dallas, Texas faces an extraordinary test of fate during a cargo drop over Korea in 1954—when a sudden air current tears him from his C-46 transport plane mid-flight. Plucked into empty sky and desperately reaching for his parachute, Seals finds himself caught between survival and impossible odds. A second violent gust delivers its own cruel twist, and Seals lives to tell the tale of how destiny played its hand twice over.

The Korean War has sparked a revolution in helicopter design, and aviation engineers are drafting some truly ingenious machines—from massive troop carriers to convertiplanes that shift from vertical takeoff to forward flight mid-air. This story explores the cutting-edge 'copter concepts on the drawing boards in 1954, including a sleek flying crane, jet-powered variants, and the most striking innovation yet: a one-man pinwheel helicopter so compact and quiet it's built for covert commando missions.

Johnny Van Dyke enlists in the Marine Air Force to fight for freedom, but his first glimpse of combat air support—casual killing from the sky—shakes his conscience to its core. After refusing to fire on enemy soldiers during his maiden mission, he's shot down and captured, where months of brutal imprisonment and torture force him to confront the true nature of war. Through harrowing escape and survival, Johnny discovers that sometimes doing your duty means becoming the soldier you never thought you'd be.