When it became clear that Secretary of Defense McNamara was publicly losing faith in the bombing campaign, and wanted to halt…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Operation Rolling Thunder
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
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…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE AIR AMERICA UH-1D HUEY THAT SHOT DOWN A NORTH VIETNAMESE AN-2 COLT BIPLANE
by Dario LeoneThe AN-2 pilot was forced to reduce the speed and Woods fired an AK-47 rifle from his UH-1D at the cockpit…
