Mig-17/19 Aces of the Vietnam War

Informationen zum Autor István Toperczer is a flight surgeon with the Hungarian Air Force. In his spare time, he has become one of the few individuals from outside Vietnam to be given open access to the files of the VPAF. He has made numerous visits to Hanoi, and other Vietnamese cities, in the past 25 years, and has interviewed many of the leading MiG-21 pilots from the war years. He has previously written four series volumes on VPAF MiGs for Osprey. Klappentext At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) was 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 U.S. air superiority. Taking advantage of its jet's unequaled low-speed maneuverability, small size, and powerful cannon armament, the VPAF was able to take the fight to its 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 U.S. over the skies of Vietnam. The story of the pilots of the MiG-17/19 fighter jets, the aircraft that allowed the inexperienced men of the Vietnam People's Airforce to take on the mighty USAF and Navy fighters. It will appeal to any enthusiast of the Vietnam War. Zusammenfassung The story of the pilots of the MiG-17/19 fighter jets of the Vietnam People's Airforce, featuring information new to the west, fresh from Vietnamese archives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Swallows Leave the Nest The Air War Intensifies New Tactics MiG-17 Swansong The 'White Bandits' Appendices Colour Plates Commentary Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: Istvan Toperczer, István Toperczer, Istvan (Author) Toperczer
• Assisted by: Jim Laurier (Illustration), Jim (Illustrator) Laurier (Illustration), Laurier Jim (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781472812551
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-1255-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Vietnam, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War, Air forces & warfare, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, General and world history, Air forces and warfare, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, Specific wars and campaigns, Military aircraft, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period)