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MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War: Aircraft of the Aces, cartea 135

Autor István Toperczer Ilustrat de Jim Laurier Concept copertă de Gareth Hector
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 sep 2017
Having learned their trade on the subsonic MiG-17, pilots of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the US Air Force, US Navy and US Marine Corps crews striking at targets deep in communist territory. Although the communist pilots initially struggled to come to terms with the fighter's air-search radar and weapons systems, the ceaseless cycle of combat operations quickly honed their skills. Indeed, by the time the last US aircraft (a B-52) was claimed by the VPAF on 28 December 1972, no fewer than 13 pilots had become aces flying the MiG-21. Fully illustrated with wartime photographs and detailed colour artwork plates, and including enthralling combat reports, this book examines the many variants of the MiG-21 that fought in the conflict, the schemes they wore and the pilots that flew them.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472823564
ISBN-10: 1472823567
Pagini: 112
Ilustrații: 70 b/w; 30 col
Dimensiuni: 184 x 248 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Seria Aircraft of the Aces

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Vietnam War titles have been solid sellers for many years for Osprey, with recent titles including A-3 Skywarrior Units of the Vietnam War (2015) and F-104 Starfighter Units in Combat (2014). There is also a thriving market amongst hobbyists for kits on the MiG-21.

Notă biografică

Dr István Toperczer is a flight surgeon with the Hungarian Air Force. In his spare time, he has become one of the few individuals from outside Vietnam to be given open access to the files of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF). He has made numerous visits to Hanoi, and other Vietnamese cities in the past 20 years, and has interviewed many of the leading aces from the war years. He has written two titles in Osprey's Combat Aircraft series: MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War and MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War.Jim Laurier is a native of New England, growing up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many mediums creating artwork on a variety of subjects. He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000, and in that time he has produced some of the finest artwork seen in these volumes.

Cuprins

Introduction /Learning the 'Balalaika' /Early Battles /The Crowded Sky /Facing New Threats /Linebacker /Gathering Momentum /Appendices /Colour Plates Commentary /Bibliography /Index