Ni 3 September, awọn olori ti 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, US Marine Brigadier General Roy S. Geiger, de pẹlu awọn oṣiṣẹ rẹ ati ki o gba aṣẹ ti gbogbo air isẹ ni Henderson Field. Air ogun laarin awọn Allied ofurufu ni Henderson ati Japanese bombers ati fighters lati Rabaul tesiwaju fere ojoojumọ. Laarin 26 August ati 5 September, awọn U.S. padanu nipa 15 ofurufu si awọn Japanese nipa 19 ofurufu. Diẹ ẹ sii ju idaji ti awọn downed U.S. air crews won ti fipamọ nigba ti awọn opolopo ti awọn Japanese air crews won ko ba gba pada.
láti máa tọ́jú pápá Henderson kí wọ́n sì máa tún un ṣe