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

F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War

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Beschreibung des Verlags

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.

GENRE
Geschichte
ERSCHIENEN
2012
20. November
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
116
Seiten
VERLAG
Osprey Publishing
GRÖSSE
12,5
 MB

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