Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tare da canjin umarni daga Spruance zuwa Halsey a ranar 26 ga Agusta 1944, duk rukunin sun sake canza sunaye. Mitscher, wanda ya kasance mai jirgin sama daga farkon horo kuma yana da jagorancin jagorancin jiragen sama, ya bukaci cewa ya ci gaba da umurnin Fast Carrier Task Force har sai da maye gurbinsa, Admiral John McCain, zai iya samun lokaci mai kyau don zama mafi masaniya tare da kula da wani ma'aikacin ma'aikata. Sarki da Nimitz sun yarda. Admiral Halsey, kamar Spruance kafin shi, ya tashi tare da Fast Carrier Task Force. Ƙarfin ya karu zuwa tara CVs da takwas CVLs a shirye-shiryen saukowa
A kan Leyte. Task Force 38 ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi huɗu: Task Group 38.1 ya umurce shi da Admiral McCain, tare da kwamandansa na baya, Admiral Joseph "Jocko" Clark, wanda ya kasance a matsayin mai ba da shawara, Task Group 38.2 yana karkashin jagorancin Admiral Gerald Bogan, Task Group 38.3 ya jagoranci Admiral Frederick Sherman, kuma Task Group 38.4 yana karkashin jagorancin Admiral Ralph Davison.