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F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73: Dogfight

Autor Peter E. Davies Ilustrat de Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 iul 2023
With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force.

When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving the anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles alongside the A-4 Skyhawk bombers and meeting MiGs for the first time on 3 April 1965. Although the Crusader was nicknamed 'last of the gunfighters', its pilots employed 'secondary' AIM-9D Sidewinder missiles in all but one of their MiG kills, with guns also used as back-up in three. Its 20 mm guns were unreliable as they often jammed during strenuous manoeuvres, although they were responsible for damaging a number of MiGs. However, in combat the F-8 had the highest 'exchange ratio' (kills divided by losses) at six-to-one of any US combat aircraft involved in the Vietnam War.

Through the copious use of first-hand accounts, highly detailed battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams and armament views, Osprey's Vietnam air war specialist Peter E. Davies charts the successful career of the F-8 Crusader over Vietnam.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472857545
ISBN-10: 1472857542
Pagini: 80
Ilustrații: Colour artwork plates and maps; black & white and colour photographs and illustrations.
Dimensiuni: 184 x 246 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Seria Dogfight

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

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1. In Battle
2. Setting the Scene
3. Path to Combat
4. Weapon of War
5. Art of War
6. Combat
Aftermath
Bibliography
Index