MiG 17 and MiG 19 Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft 25)

The erstwhile enemy of the USAF and US Navy during the nine years of American involvement in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), the Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) quickly grew from an ill-organised rabble of poorly trained pilots flying antiquated communist aircraft into a highly effective fighting force that more than held its own over the skies of North Vietnam. Flying Soviet fighters like the MiG-17, and -19, the VPAF produced over a dozen aces, whilst the Americans managed just two pilots and three navigators in the same period. Early in 1949, Gen Vo Nguyen Giap, head of the Ministry of Defence, Brig-Gen Hoang Van Thai, the Chief of Staff, and Phan Phac, who was in charge of military training, sought guidance from Ho Chi Minh about establishing an air force and navy. Книга MiG-17 and MiG-19 units of the Vietnam war. MiG-17 and MiG-19 units of the Vietnam war. Книги Вооружение Автор: I.Toperczer Формат: pdf Издат.:Osprey Страниц: 96 Размер: 7.41 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка: The Vietnamese Peoples' Air Force (VPAF) grew from an ill-organized rabble to a highly effective fighing force that held its own over the skies of North Vietnam. This title charts the exploits of the VPAF in detail. Beretter om enheder i Det nordvietnamesiske Flyvevåben, der fløj MiG-17 og MiG-19 i Vietnamkrigen