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MIG-17 and MIG-19 units of the Vietnam War

By Istvan Toperczer , Iain Wyllie

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2001
ISBN
9781841761626, 1-84176-162-1
Open Library ID
OL8922151M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8260598 bytes)
Series
Osprey combat aircraft 25
Pages
98\98
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

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.

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