Kammala wannan jumla: "Longshaw" ya tashi tare da TG 38.3, 6 Oktoba don ƙaddamar da hare-haren iska a shirye-shiryen mamaye Philippines. Jirgin sama daga masu jigilar jiragen sama sun kai hari kan filayen jirgin sama a Okinawa, Luzon, da Formosa, 10 zuwa 13 ga Oktoba. "Longshaw", a cikin allon, ya harbe wani jirgin saman fashewa na Japan a lokacin yakin basasa na Formosa a ranar 12. Masu saurin jigilar kayayyaki sun ci gaba da ayyukansu don tallafawa
mamayewar Leyte, yana buga filayen jirgin saman Philippines a hankali har zuwa daren 24 ga Oktoba, lokacin da rundunar sojan ruwa ta juya arewa don shiga sojojin arewacin Japan a rana mai zuwa a yakin Cape Engaño. A cikin jerin hare-haren da aka yi, jiragen saman Amurka sun nutsar da ragowar dakarun Japan.