9781472857545-1472857542-F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73 (Dogfight, 7)

F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73 (Dogfight, 7)

ISBN-13: 9781472857545
ISBN-10: 1472857542
Author: Peter E. Davies
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Format: Paperback 80 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781472857545
ISBN-10: 1472857542
Author: Peter E. Davies
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Format: Paperback 80 pages

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F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73 (Dogfight, 7) (ISBN-13: 9781472857545 and ISBN-10: 1472857542), written by authors Peter E. Davies, was published by Osprey Publishing in 2023. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73 (Dogfight, 7) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.87.

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With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force.

When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving the anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles alongside the A-4 Skyhawk bombers and meeting MiGs for the first time on 3 April 1965. Although the Crusader was nicknamed 'last of the gunfighters', its pilots employed 'secondary' AIM-9D Sidewinder missiles in all but one of their MiG kills, with guns also used as back-up in three. Its 20 mm guns were unreliable as they often jammed during strenuous manoeuvres, although they were responsible for damaging a number of MiGs. However, in combat the F-8 had the highest 'exchange ratio' (kills divided by losses) at six-to-one of any US combat aircraft involved in the Vietnam War.

Through the copious use of first-hand accounts, highly detailed battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams and armament views, Osprey's Vietnam air war specialist Peter E. Davies charts the successful career of the F-8 Crusader over Vietnam.

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