Here’s What You Need to Know: The MiG-17 was surprisingly nimble — especially in Vietnam, where despite being decades older, slower, and outgunned, it managed to shoot many Americans out of the sky.

Discover the dramatic story of the Republic F-105 Thunderchief-better known as the “Thud” and its unexpected role as a MiG ...

For twelve brutal minutes in the skies over Vietnam, every desperate maneuver Duke Cunningham performed in his F-4J Phantom ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In the hands of North Vietnam, the MiG-17 shone. Smaller and slower, the MiG-17 were much lighter and significantly more maneuverable at low speed than the Republic F ...

American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller ...

"At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) was equipped with slow, old Korean War-generation fighters--a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s, types that should have ...

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