Republic F-105 Thunderchief (Osprey Air Vanguard 2)

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Автор: Peter Davies

Название: Republic F-105 Thunderchief

Издательство: Osprey Publishing

Серия: Osprey Air Vanguard 2

ISBN: 1780961731

Год: 2012

Формат: PDF (e-book)

Страниц: 67

Размер: 6 Mb

Язык: English

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The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was the fastest and most successful strike fighter of the Cold War. Designed to deliver nuclear weapons at low altitude and then fight its way back to base, by the early 1960s it was the primary weapon in the USAF’s tactical strike arsenal. Thunderchief pilots in Europe, the Far East and the USA stood on short-notice alert, ready to take on the formidable defenses of their Communist Bloc targets. The F-105 was, however, to become a legend in a very different conflict. As direct American involvement in Vietnam increased, F-105s were deployed – initially as a deterrent, but ever more as conventional attack fighters against insurgency in Laos and Vietnam.