F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963-73 Davies Peter E
F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963-73 Davies Peter E With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by…
Specifikacia F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963-73 Davies Peter E
F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963-73 Davies Peter E
With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force.When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. Although the Crusader was nicknamed 'last of the gunfighters', its pilots employed 'secondary' AIM-9D Sidewinder missiles in all but one of their MiG kills, with guns also used as back-up in three. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving the anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles alongside the A-4 Skyhawk bombers and meeting MiGs for the first time on 3 April 1965.
Its 20 mm guns were unreliable as they often jammed during strenuous manoeuvres, although they were responsible for