MiGs Over North Vietnam: The Vietnamese People's Air Force in Combat 1965-1975

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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Jacket in Very Good condition. No markings on text.”
ISBN
9781902109053
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HiKOKI Publications
ISBN-10
1902109058
ISBN-13
9781902109053
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70183181

Product Key Features

Book Title
Migs over North Vietnam : the Vietnamese People's Air Force in Combat, 1965-1975
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia, Military / Vietnam War, Military / Aviation
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Roger Boniface
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
36.1 Oz
Item Length
12 in
Item Width
8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"...I have to say that I found the book to be a most interesting read." -Modeling Madness, reviewed by Scott Van Aken, October 2008
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
959.704348
Synopsis
Until now, the day-to-day working and opinions of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) has remained relatively unknown. For the first time, this book focuses on Vietnamese pilots' first-hand accounts and descriptions of key operations, aerial engagements, and tactics, challenging previous U.S. military documentation. This is the first comparison of Vietnamese data and American claims., Until now, the day-to-day working and opinions of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) has remained relatively unknown. For the first time, this book focuses on the pilots and, using rare first-hand accounts and many new photographs, analyzes their fighter operations over North Vietnam between 1965 and 1975. Frank opinions are voiced on how the North Vietnamese viewed the gradual escalation of the aerial conflict over their country, including details on key operations and VPAF tactics against USAF F-4s, F-105s, F-8s, and B-52s. Details of the Black Friday Massacre, America's heaviest aerial defeat, are related in the words of Nguyen Van Coc (the highest-scoring pilot of the Vietnam conflict) who tells of his first kill, and Dong Van De, who recalls how he achieved the first-ever double kill over American-flown aircraft, events which have never, until now, been released into the public domain. Leading VPAF pilots, including Major General Pham Ngoc Lan, discuss their aerial engagements and tactics, and Nguyen Tiem Sam recollects his kills of F-4 Phantoms using only ATOLL air-to-air missiles. Following exhaustive research, the author reveals much new data, which challenges previous reports. Three kills claimed by Lt. 'Duke' Cunningham, later a U.S. Senator, and the success of Operation Bolo, America's response to the Black Friday Massacre, are discussed. Also for the first time outside Vietnam, details of the Christmas bombings are released, including the controversial first night-fighter kill of a B-52 by Vu Xuan Thieu - a fact which the U.S. military has never accepted. Comprehensive appendices reveal the first complete loss list of all VPAF personnel and a victory table with a breakdown of all known kills and shared kills and types. The book includes 24 intricate profiles of extremely rare aircraft, including the VPAF Soviet-supplied MiG 15, MiG 17F, and Chinese MiG 19 (Shenyang F-6); combined with the text they offer a unique insight into the aerial war from the Vietnamese viewpoint.
LC Classification Number
DS558.8

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