Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nechokumugumo kwaMarch 1944, McKittrick akaronga utungamiriri hwemhepo nokuda kwehondo yakanga iri kuuya
kushanda paEmirua. Chitsuwa chacho chakanga chisati chamboshorwa uye kuitora kwaiva basa riri nyore. McKittrick akabva agadzwa mukuru wevashandi ve1st Marine Aircraft Wing pasi peMajor General James T. Moore. Akaramba ari pachinzvimbo ichi kusvika musi wa 16 Chikumi 1944, paakazotsiviwa nemudzidzi wake wechikoro chemauto, Colonel Stanley E. Ridderhof uye akazotumidzwa zita rekuti Air Defense Commander panguva yeHondo yeSaipan. McKittrick akaenderera mberi nebasa rakafanana panguva yeHondo yeTinian yakazotevera pakupera kwaJuly. Mumakwikwi aya, akatungamira kurwisa kwemauto air patrol, kubhomba uye mishoni yekurwisa uye gare gare akagamuchira Legion yake yechipiri yeMerit yebasa rake.