RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat write by Robert R Powell. This book was released on 2012-10-20. RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Developed from the A-5 nuclear bomber and used in a reconnaissance role, the RA-5C Vigilante was the largest and fastest aeroplane ever to operate from the deck of an aircraft carrier. During the Vietnam War it sustained the highest loss ratio of any American aircraft in that conflict. This volume includes compelling accounts of combat missions over key communist targets, where crews dodged Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft fire to secure all-important mission photographs. Written by a Vigilante combat veteran this book is crammed full of action-packed first-hand accounts.
F-104 Starfighter Units in Combat
F-104 Starfighter Units in Combat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook F-104 Starfighter Units in Combat write by Peter E. Davies. This book was released on 2014-11-20. F-104 Starfighter Units in Combat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title covers the technical characteristics of the F-104 Starfighter, one of the most widely-used and popular aircraft in history. Although built in small numbers for the USAF, the F-104C fought and survived for almost three years in Vietnam. There, it was engaged in some of the war's most famous battles including the legendary operation Bolo, where seven North Vietnamese MiGs were destroyed without the loss of a single US fighter. This small, tough and very fast fighter, dubbed 'The Missile with a Man in It', was called upon to do things it was not specifically designed for, and did them admirably. Featuring illustrations and photographs detailing the variety of nose-paint schemes and weapons configurations, this comprehensive appraisal of the F-104 Starfighter is ideal for modelling and aviation enthusiasts alike.
A-3 Skywarrior Units of the Vietnam War
A-3 Skywarrior Units of the Vietnam War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A-3 Skywarrior Units of the Vietnam War write by Rick Morgan. This book was released on 2015-03-20. A-3 Skywarrior Units of the Vietnam War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, though something of a cult favourite, remains a largely unremarked classic of Naval Aviation. Built for nuclear weapon delivery, the A-3 made its name in Vietnam as a conventional bomber, tanker and Electronic Warfare platform. It was the largest aircraft ever regularly operated from the decks of aircraft carriers, earning it the fleet-wide nickname 'Whale'. It excelled in every mission area assigned to it and operated in the US Navy for more than four decades, from 1956 through to 1991. Fully illustrated to depict the incredible array of paint schemes and its awesome size, this volume focuses on the type's Vietnam service, which saw the aircraft briefly used as a bomber over both North and South Vietnam from March 1965, before the Skywarrior proved far more valuable as a multi-role tanker (KA-3B) and tanker/tactical jammer (EKA-3B). The title includes details on all of these operations as well as more clandestine reconnaissance missions, and provides information about the men that flew them.
F9F Panther Units of the Korean War
F9F Panther Units of the Korean War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook F9F Panther Units of the Korean War write by Warren Thompson. This book was released on 2014-06-20. F9F Panther Units of the Korean War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1948 the USAF, Marine Corps and US Navy were concentrating on converting over to an all-jet force. When the Korean War started in June 1950, the USAF had built up a sizable jet force in the Far East, while the US Navy was in the early stages of getting F9F Panthers operational as replacements for its piston-engined F8F Bearcats. At about this time, the Marine Corps had also begun using the Panthers in limited numbers. Operating from aircraft carriers off the Korean coast, F9Fs helped stop the North Korean invasion within two weeks of the communists crossing the 38th Parallel. The Panthers, escorting carrier-based AD Skyraiders and F4U Corsairs, penetrated as far north as Pyongyang, where they bombed and strafed targets that the North Koreans thought were out of range. The Panthers also took the battle all the way to the Yalu River, long before the MiG-15s became a threat. The F9F's basic tasking was aerial supremacy and combat air patrols, but they also excelled in bombing and strafing attacks.
Vigilante
Vigilante - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vigilante write by Robert Boom Powell. This book was released on 2019. Vigilante available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book provides information on North American's Mach-2 A3J/RA-5C from author Robert "Boom" Powell, a US Navy carrier pilot who flew Vigilantes during his second combat tour in Vietnam. He skillfully weaves together historical facts and detailed information with never-before-published photographs to produce the definitive work on this historic aircraft"--
