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US Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War 1963–1973
Peter Mersky
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Description for US Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War 1963–1973
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 183 x 8. Weight in Grams: 356.
The Skyhawk was involved in Vietnam from the very beginning, including the first offensive operations in 1963 into Laos, and the Pierce Arrow operations immediately following the Tonkin Gulf Incident of August 1964. Navy and Marine Corps A-4s quickly established a presence in south-east Asia participating in thousands of sorties against the entrenched communist forces in the South and the heavily defended targets in North Vietnam. A-4 pilots also struck targets along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, working with ground-based and airborne forward air controllers to interdict the flood of supplies to communist forces in the south. This book ... Read more
The Skyhawk was involved in Vietnam from the very beginning, including the first offensive operations in 1963 into Laos, and the Pierce Arrow operations immediately following the Tonkin Gulf Incident of August 1964. Navy and Marine Corps A-4s quickly established a presence in south-east Asia participating in thousands of sorties against the entrenched communist forces in the South and the heavily defended targets in North Vietnam. A-4 pilots also struck targets along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, working with ground-based and airborne forward air controllers to interdict the flood of supplies to communist forces in the south. This book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Combat Aircraft
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846031816
SKU
V9781846031816
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Peter Mersky
Peter Mersky has written a dozen books and 100 magazine articles on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation. He also wrote the ground-breaking Israeli Fighter Aces (Phalanx/Specialty Press, 1997). His articles have appeared in Wings of Fame, International Airpower Review, and Air Enthusiast as well as U.S. magazines. He served for 16 years as assistant editor and then editor of ... Read more
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