Osprey's examination of A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Arriving on station with the USS Ranger (CVA-61) in early December 1967, the first Corsair II squadron became operational immediatedly and sustained its first combat loss three weeks later. This book tells how the A-7 soon proved its worth supporting ground operations in South Vietnam. As it continued to serve in the ground support role, the navy swiftly introduced the A-7E which soon ran into difficulties with supply lines - perhaps on account of what many perceived to have been a rushed introduction to service. Once these teething problems were resolved, the A-7E became the primary air-to-ground aircraft of the fleet.
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"Highly recommended to both jet aircraft modelers and all other people interested in the history of Vietnam conflict." -Pawel Krupowicz, AeroScale
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Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.
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UA NAVY CORSAIR II UNITS OF THE VIETNAM WAR,
By Frank Savage "Frank Savage" (San Diego, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: US Navy A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War (Combat Aircraft) (Paperback)
For a small book, this volume contains an amazing amout of detail and first-person recall of the A-7 Corsair II flown by naval aviators during Viet Nam.
The book is easy to read, although the photographs (B&W) are quite small. A good edition to anyone's Naval Aviation library.
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Puschased for my hubby who worked on these as a jet mechanic in the Navy during the Viet Name war. He selected it himself. Arrived on time & in excellent condition. He was a little disppointed that the size of the book was so small for the price.
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The aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61), already a veteran of two combat cruises to South-east Asia, departed San Diego on 20 November 1967 and arrived on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf on 3 December. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
desert storage, combat cruise, air wing commander, combat deployment, strike group, flight leader Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnam, Kitty Hawk, South-east Asia, Corsair Its, South Vietnam, Norm Birzer, Coral Sea, Rolling Thunder, Corsair Ils, Fred Ameel, Jim Lloyd, Vietnam War, Bob Beck, Hai Duong, Iron Hand, South China Sea, Yankee Station, Mike Ruth, Proud Deep, Duong Trung Tan, Osprey Combat Aircraft, Sea King, Tonkin Gulf, Cdr Hill, Gulf of Tonkin New!
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The aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61), already a veteran of two combat cruises to South-east Asia, departed San Diego on 20 November 1967 and arrived on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf on 3 December. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
desert storage, combat cruise, air wing commander, combat deployment, strike group, flight leader Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnam, Kitty Hawk, South-east Asia, Corsair Its, South Vietnam, Norm Birzer, Coral Sea, Rolling Thunder, Corsair Ils, Fred Ameel, Jim Lloyd, Vietnam War, Bob Beck, Hai Duong, Iron Hand, South China Sea, Yankee Station, Mike Ruth, Proud Deep, Duong Trung Tan, Osprey Combat Aircraft, Sea King, Tonkin Gulf, Cdr Hill, Gulf of Tonkin New!
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- Rolling Thunder by J. P. Smith on page 74, and page 80
- Vietnam Air War Debrief: The Story of the Aircraft, the Battles, and the Pilots who Fought (World Air Power Journal) by Robert F. Dorr in Back Matter
- The Coral Sea by Patti Smith on page 80
- The Naval Air War in Vietnam by Mersky in Back Matter
- The Iron Hand by Mark James on page 14
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