MIGs Over North Vietnam: The Vietnam People's Air Force in Combat, 1965-75Stackpole Books, 2010 - 223 pagine Until now, the day-to-day operations of the Vietnamese People's Air Force have remained relatively unknown. Roger Boniface gives voice to Vietnamese pilots whose stories have never before been told, from their view of the gradual escalation of the conflict to their version of events seen differently by American aviators and historians. |
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Chapter 1 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1 | 1 |
Chapter 2 Rolling Thunder 4 | 4 |
Chapter 3 A Victory from RicePounding Tactics 24 | 24 |
Chapter 4 The December Massacres 31 | 31 |
Chapter 5 Operation Bolo 38 | 38 |
Chapter 6 High Stakes 47 | 47 |
Chapter 7 End of Rolling Thunder 60 | 60 |
Color Section | 62 |
Chapter 19 Three of a Kind 166 | 166 |
Appendix 1 The Basic Tactical Structure of the Vietnamese Peoples Air Force 179 | 179 |
Appendix 2 Vietnamese Peoples Air Force Regiments and Air Divisions 181 | 181 |
Appendix 3 North Vietnamese Air War Doctrine 182 | 182 |
Appendix 4 The North Vietnamese Pilots 183 | 183 |
Appendix 5 Fighter Aircraft of North Vietnam and Their US Opposition 184 | 184 |
Appendix 6 Aircraft and Missile Data 196 | 196 |
Appendix 7 American Air War Doctrine 197 | 197 |
Chapter 8 The Intermission Period 196872 69 | 69 |
Chapter 9 Calm before the Storm 73 | 73 |
Chapter 10 Time of the Red Eagle 87 | 87 |
Chapter 11 Bamboo Shoots 100 | 100 |
Chapter 12 The Tide Changes 108 | 108 |
Chapter 13 No Quarter Given 115 | 115 |
Chapter 14 A False Dawn 118 | 118 |
Chapter 15 The Christmas Bombings and the War with the B52s 123 | 123 |
Chapter 16 The Beginning of the End 147 | 147 |
Chapter 17 The Final Victory 151 | 151 |
Chapter 18 Some Conclusions about Air Victories 157 | 157 |
Appendix 8 Rules of Engagement 199 | 199 |
Appendix 9 Route Packages and Exclusion Zones 200 | 200 |
Table 1 North Vietnamese Officer Ranks 203 | 203 |
Table 2 Complete VPAF Combat Losses 204 | 204 |
Table 3 MiG and Pilot Data 214 | 214 |
Table 4 VPAF Kills from 3 May 1962 to 12 January 1973 215 | 215 |
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Other Books in the Series | 224 |
Back Cover | 239 |
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