Description

A detailed history of the F-4 Phantom II, the USAF workhorse fighter-bomber for the Linebacker campaign, which eventually saw US forces withdraw from Vietnam 'with honour' in 1973.

This book covers the F-4 attacks on numerous targets in North Vietnamese cities such as Hanoi and Haiphong, as well as its engagements with Vietnamese MiG-19s and MiG-21s hell-bent on defending the north from 'Yankee air pirates'.

The USAF's only ace crew, which scored their five kills during 1972, is also covered, alongside many detailed photographs, a large proportion of which haven't been published before.

Table of Contents

Echoes of Rolling Thunder
Skirmishes
Linebacker Launched
Ace Making
Backing the Buffs
Appendices

Product details

Published Nov 20 2012
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782007548
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 80 b/w; 46 col
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 55
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Peter E. Davies

Peter E. Davies has specialized in the aircraft of…

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Jim Laurier

Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives i…

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