Description
Product ID: | 9781472823564 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | CN |
Series: | Aircraft of the Aces |
Title: | MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War |
Authors: | Author: Istvan Toperczer, Jim Laurier |
Page Count: | 112 |
Subjects: | Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, Air forces and warfare, Military vehicles, Air forces & warfare, Military aircraft, Vietnam, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1970 to c 1980 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating During eight years of aerial warfare over the skies of Vietnam, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force (VPAF) produced 13 MiG-21 aces and five "Hero" pilots who achieved four victories. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-09-21 |