István Toperczer

MiG-17/19 Aces of the Vietnam War (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) were equipped with slow, old Korean War generation fighters - a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s - types that should have offered little opposition to the cutting-edge fighter-bombers such as the F-4 Phantom II, F-105 Thunderchief and the F-8 Crusader. Yet when the USAF and US Navy unleashed their aircraft on North Vietnam in 1965 the inexperienced pilots of the VPAF were able to shatter the illusion of US air superiority.

Taking advantage of their jet's unequalled low-speed maneuverability, small size and powerful cannon armament they were able to take the fight to their missile-guided opponents, with a number of Vietnamese pilots racking up ace scores. Packed with information previously unavailable in the west and only recently released from archives in Vietnam, this is the first major analysis of the exploits of Vietnamese pilots in the David and Goliath contest with the US over the skies of Vietnam.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472812568
• Artikelnr.: 45683300

Autorenporträt

István 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 VPAF. He has made numerous visits to Hanoi, and other Vietnamese cities, in the past 25 years, and has interviewed many of the leading MiG-21 pilots from the war years. He has previously written four series volumes on VPAF MiGs for Osprey.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Swallows Leave the Nest
The Air War Intensifies
New Tactics
MiG-17 Swansong
The 'White Bandits'
Appendices
Colour Plates Commentary
Bibliography
Index