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US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War
Peter E. Davies
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Description for US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to ... Read more
Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Combat Aircraft
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849087513
SKU
V9781849087513
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About Peter E. Davies
Peter E. Davies has published 20 books and several magazine articles, concentrating on modern combat aircraft and the Vietnam War. He has written seven previous Osprey titles and co-authored two others. The F-4 Phantom II in all its variants has been a main topic in eight of his previous books and he has close connections with former members of the ... Read more
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Highly recommended. - IPMS/USA