MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War
MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War

Author: István Toperczer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1782006869

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The erstwhile enemy of the USAF and US Navy during the nine years of American involvement in the Vietnam War, 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.

MiG-17/19 Aces of the Vietnam War
MiG-17/19 Aces of the Vietnam War

Author: István Toperczer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1472812573

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At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) were 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 US air superiority. Taking advantage of their jet's unequalled low-speed maneuverability, small size and powerful cannon armament they were able to take the fight to their 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 US over the skies of Vietnam.

MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War
MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War

Author: István Toperczer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1782006877

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Having honed their piloting skills on the subsonic MiG-17 and transonic MiG-19, the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the USAF, Navy and Marine Corps crews striking at targets deep into communist territory. Most of the VPAF's 12+ aces scored their bulk of their kills in the MiG-21, which was then the best fighter produced by Russia's premier fast jet manufacturer, Mikoyan Gurevich. Well over 200 MiG-21s were supplied to the VPAF, and the numerous models and the schemes they wore are chronicled in great detail in this unique volume.

MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War
MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War

Author: István Toperczer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1472823575

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Having learned their trade on the subsonic MiG-17, pilots of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the US Air Force, US Navy and US Marine Corps crews striking at targets deep in communist territory. Although the communist pilots initially struggled to come to terms with the fighter's air-search radar and weapons systems, the ceaseless cycle of combat operations quickly honed their skills. Indeed, by the time the last US aircraft (a B-52) was claimed by the VPAF on 28 December 1972, no fewer than 13 pilots had become aces flying the MiG-21. Fully illustrated with wartime photographs and detailed colour artwork plates, and including enthralling combat reports, this book examines the many variants of the MiG-21 that fought in the conflict, the schemes they wore and the pilots that flew them.

F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War
F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War

Author: Peter Mersky

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1782006524

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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.

MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War
MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War

Author: István Toperczer

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Published: 2001-09-25

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781841761626

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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.

US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1972–73
US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1972–73

Author: Brad Elward

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1782006591

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The second of two books on the Navy's Phantom II MiG killers of the Vietnam War, this book covers the numerous actions fought out over North Vietnam during the Linebacker I and II operations of 1972-73. No fewer than 17 MiGs were downed during this period, five of them by the Navy's sole aces of the conflict, Lts Randy Cunningham and Willie Driscoll of VF-96. Drawing on primary sources such as surviving Phantom II aircrew and official navy documentation, the author has assembled the most precise appraisal of fighter operations involving US Navy Phantom II units and those elusive MiGs ever seen in print.

Naval Air War
Naval Air War

Author: U. S. Department Navy

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-10-28

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781539775898

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Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during one of the longest sustained aerial bombing campaigns in history. And it would be a failure. The U.S. Navy proved essential to the conduct of Rolling Thunder and by capitalizing on the inherent flexibility and mobility of naval forces, the Seventh Fleet operated with impunity for three years off the coast of North Vietnam. The success with which the Navy executed the later Operation Linebacker campaign against North Vietnam in 1972 revealed how much the service had learned from and exploited the Rolling Thunder experience of 1965-1968.

Su-25 'Frogfoot' Units In Combat
Su-25 'Frogfoot' Units In Combat

Author: Alexander Mladenov

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1472805682

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This volume details the technical features and operational performance of the Soviet Su-25 'Frogfoot', which proved itself as a durable and versatile attack aircraft in a variety of theatres such as Afghanistan, Georgia and Ossetia. Today it is widely accepted as the true successor to the types of specialised ground--attack aircraft that emerged during World War II. This book illuminates the service history of the 'Frogfoot' in over 30 years of combat using first-hand accounts and revealing archive photographs. The awkward-looking Su-25 has often been underrated, but the faithful 'Frogfoot' is now slated to remain in service with most of its current operators across the globe until at least 2020. This study explores the successes of the 'Frogfoot' in full, demonstrating its strengths as a formidably armed, armoured and very agile attack aircraft.

MiGs Over North Vietnam
MiGs Over North Vietnam

Author: Roger Boniface

Publisher: Hikoki Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Discusses the lives of fighter pilots in the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force and their exploits during the Vietnam War.