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Whan a section of Skyraider attack aircraft shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17 fighter jet
The A-1 Skyraider
The A-1 Skyraider, nicknamed the “Able Dog” or “Spad,” gained an excellent reputation as one of the best attack aircraft ever constructed...
How a US Army OV-1 pilot brought down a North Vietnamese MiG-17 with his Mohawk’s rockets and gun
The strangest aerial engagement of the Vietnam War
What was maybe the most peculiar aircraft combat of the Vietnam War occurred in late February 1968...
Remembering the first Phlight of the Phabulous Phantom
With the US Air Force joining the Navy and Marines and realizing the potential of the Phantom's versatile load-carrying capability and performance, the Phantom...
US Navy F-4 Phantom II pilot, recalls the one-on-one duel that made him America’s First Ace Pilot since Korea
After having downed two MiGs with one Sidewinder apiece, Showtime 100 disengaged and approached the coast at 10,000 feet, when Randy Cunningham saw an...
2 North Vietnamese MiG-17 pilots bombed the first US Navy ships damaged by airstrikes since the end of WWII
On April 19, 1972, the threat of an enemy aerial attack on US Navy ships off the coast of North Vietnam really materialized
US Navy...