The erstwhile enemy of the USAF and US Navy during the nine years of American involvement in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) quickly grew from an ill-organised rabble of poorly trained pilots flying antiquated communist aircraft into a highly effective fighting force that more than held its own over the skies of North Vietnam. Flying Soviet fighters like the MiG-17, and -19, the VPAF produced over a dozen aces, whilst the Americans managed just two pilots and three navigators in the same period.
Название: MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War
Автор: Istvan Toperczer, Iain Wyllie
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2001
Серия: Osprey Combat Aircraft 25
ISBN: 978 1841761626
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 96
Формат: PDF (True )
Размер: 10,9 MB
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