F-105 Thunderchief MiG Killers of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft 107)

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Автор: Peter Davies

Название: F-105 Thunderchief MiG Killers of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft 107)

Издательство: Osprey Publishing

Год: 2015

Формат: PDF (e-book)

Страниц: 96

Размер: 3 Mb

Язык: English

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Despite its ‘F-for-fighter' designation, the F-105 was designed and purchased to give the USAF an aircraft capable of the delivery of nuclear weapons at very high speed, long range and below-the-radar altitudes. However, when the Vietnam War began it also emerged as USAF's best available tactical bomber for a ‘limited conventional' war as well. Extensively targeted by MiG-17s and MiG-21s the F-105 pilots developed innovative tactics that allowed them to compete in air-to-air duels with their smaller, more manoeuvrable enemies.