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Known to its pilots as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 – some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53 per cent of all Mig claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period.

Название: F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War
Author: Peter Mersky
Illustrator: Tom Tullis
Издательство: Osprey Publishing Ltd
Серия: Combat Aircraft 07
Год издания: 1996
Язык: английский
ISBN: 9781855327245
Страниц: 116
Формат: PDF
Размер: 23.75 mb