US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War

Osprey's study of the role played by F-8 Crusader Units in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Known to its pilots as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 – some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53 per cent of all Mig claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period. COM 77 0......Page 1 COM 77 00......Page 2 COM 77 02......Page 3 COM 77 04......Page 4 COM 77 06......Page 5 COM 77 08......Page 6 COM 77 10......Page 7 COM 77 12......Page 8 COM 77 14......Page 9 COM 77 16......Page 10 COM 77 18......Page 11 COM 77 20......Page 12 COM 77 22......Page 13 COM 77 24......Page 14 COM 77 26......Page 15 COM 77 28......Page 16 COM 77 30......Page 17 COM 77 32......Page 18 COM 77 34......Page 19 COM 77 36......Page 20 COM 77 38......Page 21 COM 77 40......Page 22 COM 77 42......Page 23 COM 77 44......Page 24 COM 77 46......Page 25 COM 77 48......Page 26 COM 77 50......Page 27 COM 77 52......Page 28 COM 77 54......Page 29 COM 77 56......Page 30 COM 77 58......Page 31 COM 77 60......Page 32 COM 77 62......Page 33 COM 77 64......Page 34 COM 77 66......Page 35 COM 77 68......Page 36 COM 77 70......Page 37 COM 77 72......Page 38 COM 77 74......Page 39 COM 77 76......Page 40 COM 77 78......Page 41 COM 77 80......Page 42 COM 77 82......Page 43 COM 77 84......Page 44 COM 77 86......Page 45 COM 77 88......Page 46 COM 77 90......Page 47 COM 77 92......Page 48 COM 77 94......Page 49 COM 77 96......Page 50 COM 77 99......Page 51 Known by its pilots as the "last of the gunfighters" due to its four 20mm Colt cannons, the F-8 Crusader enjoyed much success against North Vietnamese MiG-17s and -21s in the late 1960s. This volume includes interviews with many F-8 pilots of this period. When the French left their former colonies in Indochina in the late 1950s, the US stepped in to support the regimes that continued fighting a communist take-over. Beretter om amerikanske F-8 Crusader enheder og deres indsats under Vietnamkrigen