Aces and Aerial Victories: The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1965 - 1973 - Couverture souple

Futrell, R Frank; Greenhalgh, William H; Et Al

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 089875884X ISBN 13 : 9780898758849

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2002

Synopsis

Aces and Aerial Victories est une collection de récits de première main par des équipages de combat de l'armée de l'air qui ont effectué des missions de combat au-dessus du Nord Vietnam entre 1965 et 1973. Ils se souviennent de leurs batailles aériennes avec les combattants MIG ennemis, des manœuvres tactiques difficiles et dangereuses qu'ils ont dû effectuer pour survivre, et de leurs victoires et défaites.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

During the war in Southeast Asia, U.S. Air Force fighter pilots and crewmen were repeatedly challenged by enemy MIG's in the skies over North Vietnam. The air battles which ensued were unique in American history because U.S. fighter and strike forces operated under stringent rules of engagement. With periodic exceptions, for example, MIG bases could not be struck. The rules generally forbade bombing or strafing of military and industrial targets in and around the enemy's heartland, encompassing the capital of Hanoi and the port city of Haiphong. These restrictions gave the North Vietnamese substantial military advantage. Free from American attack and helped by its Soviet and Chinese allies, the enemy was able to construct one of the most formidable antiaircraft defenses the world has even seen. It included MIG forces, surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries, heavy concentrations of antiaircraft artillery (AAA) units, and an array of early warning radar systems. These elements sought to interdict and defeat the U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam's lines of communication and its military and industrial base. The primary mission of U.S. fighter pilots was to prevent the North Vietnamese MIG's from interfering with U.S. strike operations. This book tells how American airmen-assisted by an armada of other USAF aircraft whose crews refueled their planes, warned of approaching enemy MIG's and SAM's, and flew rescue missions when they were shot down managed to emerge from their aerial battles with both victories and honor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 089875884X
• ISBN 13: 9780898758849
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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