US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965-70 (Osprey Combat Aircraft, #26) (Combat Aircraft)

by Brad Elward

Jim Laurier (Illustrator)

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For every American fighter pilot involved in the Vietnam War, the ultimate goal was to "kill a MIG". In eight years of conflict, 43 Vietnamese Peoples Air Force aircraft were claimed by US navy and US marine corps Phantom II crews. Navy Phantom II's scored the first kills of the Vietnam War in April 1965, as well as scoring the last in January 1973. This volume charts the successes of the navy fighter crews as they encountered "MIG's, missiles and AAA" over the jungles of North Vietnam. It is packed with first-hand accounts from combat veterans and features scale plans of all the major navy F-4 variants.
  • ISBN10 1782007210
  • ISBN13 9781782007210
  • Publish Date 20 November 2012 (first published 14 November 2001)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Osprey Publishing