The Vietnam War saw extensive dogfights between US jets and Soviet-built MiG fighters, with the objective of protecting the ...

However, Vietnam, another piece on the ... missions to disable enemy air defenses. The North Vietnamese also operated MiG-19 jets during the air war. Slightly newer than the MiG-17, the MiG ...

Propeller planes were a big deal throughout World War II, but even when jets became a reality, turboprops still played a ...

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was a highly versatile and successful third-generation fighter jet used extensively by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Originally designed as an ...

While the Vietnamese air force has operated Western planes that it seized from the U.S.-backed South Vietnam military ...

Roger was less than eight miles from a North Vietnamese MIG ... to stop all the air war in North Vietnam and go after him.” On that second day, there were 119 aircraft involved in the rescue ...