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US Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War 1963–1973
US Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War 1963–1973
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Featuring many first-hand accounts from the pilots who flew one of the greatest attack aircraft ever built, an insightful account of some of the most thrilling aerial combats that took place during Vietnam.
The Skyhawk was involved in Vietnam from the very beginning, including the first offensive operations in 1963 into Laos, and the Pierce Arrow operations immediately following the Tonkin Gulf Incident of August 1964. Navy and Marine Corps A-4s quickly established a presence in south-east Asia participating in thousands of sorties against the entrenched communist forces in the South and the heavily defended targets in North Vietnam. A-4 pilots also struck targets along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, working with ground-based and airborne forward air controllers to interdict the flood of supplies to communist forces in the south.
Alongside stunning illustrations, the author traces the history of this plane and its exploits.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Patrolling the Gulf: Increased American presence in Southeast Asia
Chapter 3 PTs Attack and the War Builds
Chapter 4 1966-1968: the sustained bombing campaign of North Vietnam
Chapter 5 Leatherneck Skyhawks: The Marine A-4 units
Chapter 6 Lam Son 719: Into Laos and Cambodia
Chapter 7 The North Invades the South
Product details
| Published | 20 Nov 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 112 |
| ISBN | 9781782006541 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 72 b/w; 36 col |
| Series | Combat Aircraft |
| Short code | COM 69 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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