When the FEAF received word of the attack on Pearl Harbor, General Lewis H. Brereton sent his bombers and fighters on various patrol missions to prevent them from being caught on the ground.
Såsnart FEAF fik meddelelse om angrebet på Pearl Harbor, sendte General Lewis H. Brereton sine bombere og jagerfly på forskellige typer patruljemissioner for at forhindre at de blev fanget på jorden.