Lt Cdr Thomas’ F-8 had been hit in the utility hydraulic system, preventing him from raising the fighter’s wing for a…
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F-105 Vs MiG-17: how a badly damaged Thud gun killed a North Vietnamese Fresco
by Dario LeoneAs the F-105 slowed without afterburner the MiG overshot and Tracy fired 200 rounds of 20 mm ammunition without the aid…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
This pilot scored F-100’s only (probable) MiG Kill of the Vietnam War
by Dario LeoneCapt Don Kilgus pursued a MiG-17 in a steep dive from 20,000 ft down to 7000 ft, firing several bursts from…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
How Mi-6 Helicopters helped to protect VPAF MiG-17 fleet from U.S. Air Strikes
by Dario LeoneThe MiG-17s were dispersed out into the country side, carried by large Mil Mi-6 helicopters to the dispersal sites and carried…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
“Spads four – MiGs nothing”: Skyraider MiG Kills Part II
by Dario LeoneSeldom emphasized about the second Skyraider-MiG encounter of the Vietnam War is the probability that three MiGs were destroyed by Spads.…
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Aboard Midway, the Spad’s radio report was misunderstood as one of the Spads having been downed. Greathouse finally convinced the carrier…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
Alone Vs six MiGs: the legendary Dogfight of Dick “Brown Bear” Schaffert
by Dario LeoneSchaffert had survived a gruelling ten-minute solo combat with six MiGs — a classic engagement still examined at Topgun decades later…
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Former Egyptian MiG pilots provide an unprecedented perspective on Six-Day War “pre-emptive” Israeli strike against EAF airfields
by Dario Leone‘I called him to ask what was happening. He answered, “It’s fantastic, they are attacking the dummy planes on the old…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
That time two USMC F-4 Phantoms Nearly Shot Down two Cuban MiG-17s over the Keys
by Dario Leone“The two MiG-17s went into a 60 degree port turn. I immediately thought they saw us and I slid to the…
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How North Vietnam’s first ace shot down a VF-111 Sundowners F-8 Crusader
by Dario LeoneWith the controls unresponsive, Capt Wilfred K Abbott pulled the black and yellow handle, rocketing himself out of the doomed F-8. He parachuted…
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