US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–70

US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–70 cover

Description

For every American fighter pilot involved in the Vietnam War, the ultimate goal was to 'kill a MiG'.

In eight years of conflict 43 Vietnamese Peoples Air Force aircraft were claimed by US Navy and US Marine Corps Phantom II crews, and one single ace crew produced. Navy Phantom IIs scored the first kills of the Vietnam War, in April 1965, as well as scoring the last in January 1973.

Featuring photographs as well as stunning aircraft profiles, this volume charts the successes of the navy fighter crews as they encountered 'MiGs, Missiles and AAA' over the jungles of North Vietnam.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE
INCIDENT AT HAINAN

CHAPTER TWO
THE PLAYERS

CHAPTER THREE
ROLLING THUNDER BEGINS

CHAPTER FOUR
AN INTENSE YEAR

CHAPTER FIVE
THE END OF THE BEGINNING

CHAPTER SIX
TOPGUN

CHAPTER SEVEN
PROVING THE POINT

APPENDICES
-COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY
-INDEX

Product details

Published 20 Nov 2012
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782007210
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 83 b/w; 40 col
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 26
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Brad Elward

Brad Elward is an aviation journalist and author,…

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Peter E. Davies

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Jim Laurier

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