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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...
Over the Keys, two USMC F-4 Phantoms almost shot down two Cuban MiG-17s.
“The two MiG-17s went into a 60-degree port turn. I immediately thought they saw us and I slid to the outside of their turn,...
The most thrilling one-on-one naval aircraft duel ever took place between Showtime 100 and Colonel Toon
Although Toon now appears to have been a propaganda mashup of multiple excellent North Vietnamese pilots, the Showtime 100 crew met a fantastic dogfighter...
Mi-6 helicopters helped to protect VPAF MiG-17 fleet from U.S. air strikes
The MiG-17s were dispersed out into the countryside, carried by large Mil Mi-6 helicopters to the dispersal sites, and carried back to the airfields...
How an unarmed A-7 managed to repel a MiG-17 over North Vietnam
Junker's SLUF lacked the typically present AIM-9D Sidewinder. And to make matters worse, a string of M61 faults on VA-146 caused his A-7 to...