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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101472823567

ISBN-139781472823564

eBay Product ID (ePID)235261926

Product Key Features

Book TitleMig-21 Aces of the Vietnam War

Number of Pages112 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicModern / 20th Century, Military / Vietnam War, Military / Aviation

IllustratorYes, Laurier, Jim

GenreHistory

AuthorIstván Toperczer

Book SeriesAircraft of the Aces Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews". . . full of valuable information including detailed accounts of aerial combat, and is quite a bargain. Four out of five stars!" - Air Classics Magazine, ". . . full of valuable information including detailed accounts of aerial combat, and is quite a bargain. Four out of five stars!" - Air Classics Magazine "Pays justifiable tribute to the Vietnamese pilots who flew against the United States." - VVA Veteran, ". . . full of valuable information including detailed accounts of aerial combat, and is quite a bargain. Four out of five stars!" - Air Classics Magazine "Pays justifiable tribute to the Vietnamese pilots who flew against the United States." - VVA Veteran "This new title could very well be the best of the books written by Toperczer about North Vietnamese MiGs and their pilots. The book is more than a rehash of earlier works published by Osprey, and an astute reader will note the page count has increased by 16 pages, allowing for the inclusion of many photos of the MiG-21 during the war. With artist Gareth Hector's exciting cover painting and regular Osprey artist Jim Laurier's illustrations, it's more than worth its modest price. I highly recommend it." - Peter Mersky, Naval Aviation News, ". . . full of valuable information including detailed accounts of aerial combat, and is quite a bargain. Four out of five stars!" -- Air Classics Magazine "Pays justifiable tribute to the Vietnamese pilots who flew against the United States." -- VVA Veteran "This new title could very well be the best of the books written by Toperczer about North Vietnamese MiGs and their pilots. The book is more than a rehash of earlier works published by Osprey, and an astute reader will note the page count has increased by 16 pages, allowing for the inclusion of many photos of the MiG-21 during the war. With artist Gareth Hector's exciting cover painting and regular Osprey artist Jim Laurier's illustrations, it's more than worth its modest price. I highly recommend it." --Peter Mersky, Naval Aviation News

Series Volume Number135

Dewey Decimal959.704348

Table Of ContentIntroduction /Learning the 'Balalaika' /Early Battles /The Crowded Sky /Facing New Threats / Linebacker /Gathering Momentum /Appendices /Colour Plates Commentary /Bibliography /Index

SynopsisDuring eight years of aerial warfare over the skies of Vietnam, the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) produced 13 MiG-21 aces and five "Hero" pilots who achieved four victories., Having learned their trade on the subsonic MiG-17, pilots of the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the US Air Force, US Navy and US Marine Corps crews striking at targets deep in communist territory. Although the communist pilots initially struggled to come to terms with the fighter's air-search radar and weapons systems, the ceaseless cycle of combat operations quickly honed their skills. Indeed, by the time the last US aircraft (a B-52) was claimed by the VPAF on December 28, 1972, no fewer than 13 pilots had become aces flying the MiG-21. Fully illustrated with wartime photographs and detailed color artwork plates, and including enthralling combat reports, this book examines the many variants of the MiG-21 that fought in the conflict, the schemes they wore, and the pilots that flew them.

LC Classification NumberDS558.8