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At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese People''s Air Force (VPAF) was equipped with slow, old Korean War-generation fighters--a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s,types that should have offered little opposition to the cutting-edge fighter-bombers such as the F-4 Phantom II, F-105 Thunderchief, and the F-8 Crusader. Yet when the USAF and US Navy unleashed their aircraft on North Vietnam in 1965, the inexperienced pilots of the VPAF were able to shatter the illusion of U.S. air superiority.

Taking advantage of its jet''s unequaled low-speed maneuverability, small size, and powerful cannon armament, the VPAF was able to take the fight to its missile-guided opponents, with a number of Vietnamese pilots racking up ace scores. Packed with information previously unavailable in the West and only recently released from archives in Vietnam, this is the first major analysis of the exploits of Vietnamese pilots in the David and Goliath contest with the U.S. over the skies

Table of Contents
Introduction /Swallows Leave the Nest /The Air War Intensifies /New Tactics /MiG-17 Swansong /The 'White Bandits' /Appendices /Colour Plates Commentary /Bibliography /Index

MiG1719 Aces of the Vietnam War

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    A Paperback by Istvan Toperczer, Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 1/20/2016 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781472812551
      978-1472812551
      ISBN-10 1472812557
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      History Asian history Military History Specific wars and military campaigns

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      Book Synopsis

      At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese People''s Air Force (VPAF) was equipped with slow, old Korean War-generation fighters--a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s,types that should have offered little opposition to the cutting-edge fighter-bombers such as the F-4 Phantom II, F-105 Thunderchief, and the F-8 Crusader. Yet when the USAF and US Navy unleashed their aircraft on North Vietnam in 1965, the inexperienced pilots of the VPAF were able to shatter the illusion of U.S. air superiority.

      Taking advantage of its jet''s unequaled low-speed maneuverability, small size, and powerful cannon armament, the VPAF was able to take the fight to its missile-guided opponents, with a number of Vietnamese pilots racking up ace scores. Packed with information previously unavailable in the West and only recently released from archives in Vietnam, this is the first major analysis of the exploits of Vietnamese pilots in the David and Goliath contest with the U.S. over the skies

      Table of Contents
      Introduction /Swallows Leave the Nest /The Air War Intensifies /New Tactics /MiG-17 Swansong /The 'White Bandits' /Appendices /Colour Plates Commentary /Bibliography /Index

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