F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War
F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War
*Users in the USA and Canada please select your location at the top of this page to see prices in your currency. Users in the UK and the Rest of the World will be billed in UK£
About this book
Known to its pilots as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 – some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53 per cent of all Mig claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period.
Contents
- First Engagement
- Setting Things Up
- Making a War
- Action in the Tonkin Gulf
- War Begins in Ernest
- MiG Killers
- Assessing the Enemy
- Beyond the MiGs
- 'Leatherneck' Crusaders, 1965-68
- Final Word
Paperback; August 1998; 116 pages; ISBN: 9781855327245