Description

The F-4 Phantom II was the USAF workhorse fighter-bomber for the Linebacker campaign, which eventually saw US forces withdraw from Vietnam 'with honour' in 1973. This book covers the F-4 attacks on numerous targets in North Vietnamese cities such as Hanoi and Haiphong, as well as its engagements with Vietnamese MiG-19s and MiG-21s hell-bent on defending the north from 'Yankee air pirates'. The USAF's only ace crew, which scored their five kills during 1972, is also covered in a book containing many detailed photographs, a large proportion of which haven't been published before.

Table of Contents

Echoes of Rolling Thunder/Skirmishes/Linebacker Launched/ Ace Making/Backing the Buffs/Appendices

Product details

Published 08 May 2005
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841766577
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 80 b/w; 46 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Combat Aircraft
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Peter E. Davies

Peter E. Davies has specialized in the aircraft of…

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Jim Laurier

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