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MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War
Istvan Toperczer
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Description for MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War
Paperback. .
Having learned their trade on the subsonic MiG-17, pilots of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the US Air Force, US Navy and US Marine Corps crews striking at targets deep in communist territory. Although the communist pilots initially struggled to come to terms with the fighter's air-search radar and weapons systems, the ceaseless cycle of combat operations quickly honed their skills. Indeed, by the time the last ... Read more
Having learned their trade on the subsonic MiG-17, pilots of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the US Air Force, US Navy and US Marine Corps crews striking at targets deep in communist territory. Although the communist pilots initially struggled to come to terms with the fighter's air-search radar and weapons systems, the ceaseless cycle of combat operations quickly honed their skills. Indeed, by the time the last ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Aircraft of the Aces
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472823564
SKU
V9781472823564
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Ref
99-3
About Istvan Toperczer
Dr Istvan Toperczer is a flight surgeon with the Hungarian Air Force. In his spare time, he has become one of the few individuals from outside Vietnam to be given open access to the files of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF). He has made numerous visits to Hanoi, and other Vietnamese cities in the past 20 years, and has ... Read more
Reviews for MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War
. . . full of valuable information including detailed accounts of aerial combat, and is quite a bargain. Four out of five stars! - Air Classics Magazine Pays justifiable tribute to the Vietnamese pilots who flew against the United States. - VVA Veteran This new title could very well ... Read more