Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 18 ga Oktoba TG 38.1 ya hadu da TG 38.4 a gabar gabashin Luzon. Daga baya wannan safiya jirgin saman TG 38.1 ya kai hari kan manufofin kusa da Clark Air Base da San Bernardino Strait, ya rasa jirage bakwai ga duk dalilai. Matukan jirgi sun yi iƙirarin cewa sun harbe jiragen sama 30 kuma sun lalata wasu 29 a ƙasa. Kashegari, an ba da umarnin jiragen sama don kai hari a filayen jiragen sama kusa da Clark Air Base da Manila kuma sun yi iƙirarin sun hallaka jiragen sama 23 a ƙasa. Bayan sun dawo da jirginsu, kungiyoyin biyu sun tafi kudu zuwa inda za su iya tallafawa
saukar amphibious a kan Leyte da aka tsara don 20 Oktoba. Halsey ya ba da umarnin a ranar 19 ga Oktoba cewa za a sake tsara rukunin jiragen sama a cikin masu jigilar "Essex" tare da mayakan 54, 24 Helldivers da 18 Avengers, ta amfani da jirage masu sauyawa na gida da ke farawa a ranar 29 ga Oktoba.