While the Vietnamese air force has operated Western planes that it seized from the U.S.-backed South Vietnam military ...
In his 1999 book Vietnam: The Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America’s Most Disastrous Military Conflict, Michael Lind ...
Forced to eject from the damaged attack aircraft, he was soon captured by the enemy forces, interrogated and sent to Hỏa Lò Prison, better known as the “Hanoi Hilton.” Alvarez was both the first ...
When the A-1 Skyraider entered the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Air Force (VPAF) was flying MiG-17s, MiG-21s, and other similar aircraft, all of which were jets. Despite this, the A-1 ...