US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War

Informationen zum Autor Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974–78, and since graduating with Honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon. Peter E. Davies has specialized in the aircraft of the Vietnam and Cold War periods, analyzing tactics, background politics and technologies in combat situations. His books are always enriched by original first-hand interviews and unpublished illustrative material. Peter has also been a contributor to publications such as Aeroplane Monthly , Aviation News and Aircraft Illustrated . He lives in Bristol, UK. Klappentext Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions. Zusammenfassung A detailed history of the F-4 Phantom II - a carrier-borne interceptor turned successful ground-attack aircraft - and the US Marines that flew it. Inhaltsverzeichnis In the beginning To battle CAS, McCutcheon and Control The toughest years Golden hawk eyes Appendices ...

Product details

• Authors: Peter Davies, Peter E. Davies
• Assisted by: Jim Laurier (Illustration), Jim (Illustrator) Laurier (Illustration), Laurier Jim (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2012
• EAN: 9781849087513
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-751-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Vietnam, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Asian History, History of the Americas, Air forces and warfare, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space