Bringing them home: Bat 21 and the other big CSAR operations of the Vietnam War
Many shot-down pilots recalled that the sound of a Sandy overhead lifted their spirits in desperate situations. During the Vietnam War,…
Many shot-down pilots recalled that the sound of a Sandy overhead lifted their spirits in desperate situations. During the Vietnam War,…
‘Sandy 07’ assumed on scene command, directing ‘Sandy 08’ to stay high and be alert for SA-7 missile launches while he…
The A-1’s 12 outer wing stations were able to carry 500-lb class stores. The two Inboard Stations (commonly called stubs) carried…
“I flipped the manual canopy unlock lever under the canopy rail and the canopy went like it had been blown off.…
“I flew over the town real low to kind of tell them that ‘we are here and stay away’. I then…
Major Clarke’s A-7D made ‘a very low pass’ on the guns to protect the Jolly and took a hit ‘by something…
“With over 150 holes in the airplane – one in the right wing big enough to jump through – he was…
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