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US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849087520

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US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War by Peter E. Davies Pdf

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 the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.

US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782003182

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US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War by Peter E. Davies Pdf

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 the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.

NAVY and MARINES F-4 Phantom II

Author : Francesco Checuz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1320504442

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NAVY and MARINES F-4 Phantom II by Francesco Checuz Pdf

A photo view of NAVY and MARINES F-4 Phantom II,the US NAVY warrior of Cold War.

US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-73

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472823618

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US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-73 by Peter E. Davies Pdf

Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a U.S. Navy design, and the carrier-borne squadron crews were its main operators in combat. The aircraft pioneered the use of long-range, radar-guided missiles in combat, although the majority of its Vietnam missions involved ground-attack with a variety of innovative ordnance. From 1968 to 1973 the Phantom II was the standard U.S. Navy fighter in Southeast Asia, having replaced several other types. Its performance and versatility enabled it to perform a variety of different missions, and switch roles as necessary, in the assault on some of the world's most heavily defended territory. Including detailed colour profiles and first-person commentary from active participants in the F-4's naval combat history, this is a detailed study of the U.S. armed services' most famous post-war fighter.

USAF McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780966106

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USAF McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II by Peter E. Davies Pdf

In many respects the most successful, versatile and widely-used combat aircraft of the post-war era the F-4 Phantom II was quickly adopted by the USAF after its spectacular US Navy introduction. Its introduction to USAF squadrons happened just in time for the Vietnam conflict where USAF F-4Cs took over MiG-fighting duties from the F-100 Super Sabre. Although the F-4 was never intended as a dog-fighter to tangle with light, nimble, gun-armed MiGs it was responsible for destroying 109 MiGs in aerial combat. At the end of their careers many of the survivors from the 3,380 'land-based' Phantoms were converted into target drones for training purposes. New aircraft were also built for West Germany, Iran and Israel. The USAF's experience with the Phantom showed clearly that the air-to-air fighter was still a necessity and its decision to fund its successor, the McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle (as well as the F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-22A Raptor) was heavily influenced by the lessons of US and other Phantom pilots in combat.

US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–70

Author : Brad Elward,Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782006589

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US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–70 by Brad Elward,Peter E. Davies Pdf

For every American fighter pilot involved in the Vietnam War, the ultimate goal was to 'kill a MiG'. In eight years of conflict 43 Vietnamese Peoples Air Force aircraft were claimed by US Navy and US Marine Corps Phantom II crews, and one single ace crew produced. Navy Phantom IIs scored the first kills of the Vietnam War, in April 1965, as well as scoring the last in January 1973. This volume charts the successes of the navy fighter crews as they encountered 'MiGs, Missiles and AAA' over the jungles of North Vietnam.

Engineering the F-4 Phantom II

Author : Glenn E. Bugos
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018333240

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Engineering the F-4 Phantom II by Glenn E. Bugos Pdf

Conceived in 1953 in a chickenwire-covered cubicle known as the advanced design cage at McDonnell Aircraft, the F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber was produced for 25 years, serving a full workload in Vietnam for the Navy, Marines, and Air Force, and surviving through the 1990s in the air arms of eleven nations. While most case studies of modern aircraft focus on the many ways the military-industrial complex goes wrong, this trenchant, invigorating study looks deeper at how those who built the complex intended it to work. Step by step the reader discovers how the relationships among parts, systems, procedures, economies, and missions were shaped by relationships among people - scientists, engineers, testers, program managers, subcontractors, military strategists, pilots and corporate leaders. Drawing on exhaustive research, including interviews with key players, the author makes a major advance in the burgeoning body of literature on technology management by showing how McDonnell worked through the problems of technical integration that plagued defense engineering in the 1960s and 1970s and led to programs full of "complexity". It is as much a study of how aircraft manufacturers and military officers went about their business as it is a life-and-times history of an important aircraft.

US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472814531

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US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68 by Peter E. Davies Pdf

The F-4 Phantom II is perhaps the most famous post-war fighter. Primarily used as a land-based fighter-bomber and reconnaissance platform, its naval origins and the immense contribution made to the US war effort in Vietnam by its original carrier-based versions began its legend. This title examines the unique aspects of the Phantom that made it so crucial to US Navy pilots during the Vietnam War – its massive engine power, long range, speed, the most powerful airborne search and fire-control radar installed in a fighter at the time, and of course its versatility as a ground attack and air-to-air platform. Packed with first hand accounts, unique profile artwork and rare photographs this is the history of one of the most important aircraft to be stationed on carriers off Southeast Asia during the war.

US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1972–73

Author : Brad Elward,Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782007227

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US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1972–73 by Brad Elward,Peter E. Davies Pdf

The second of two books on the Navy's Phantom II MiG killers of the Vietnam War, this book covers the numerous actions fought out over North Vietnam during the Linebacker I and II operations of 1972-73. No fewer than 17 MiGs were downed during this period, five of them by the Navy's sole aces of the conflict, Lts Randy Cunningham and Willie Driscoll of VF-96. Drawing on primary sources such as surviving Phantom II aircrew and official navy documentation, the author has assembled the most precise appraisal of fighter operations involving US Navy Phantom II units and those elusive MiGs ever seen in print.

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Author : Andy Evans
Publisher : Sam
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : 095518584X

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II by Andy Evans Pdf

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber. Part two of this title provides detailed photographic coverage of the US Navy and US Marine Corps variants.

Gray Ghosts

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0764310216

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Gray Ghosts by Peter E. Davies Pdf

This new study of the sea-going Phantoms includes contributions from over a hundred aircrew and maintainers who were involved in the Phantom's success from the earliest service development flying to its twilight years in the Reserve units. There are personal accounts of MiG battles from more than a dozen MiG killers, first-hand descriptions of the F-4's introduction into combat with the Marines as a CAS and reconnaissance aircraft, memories of 'Bear' intercepts on Mediterranean cruises, narratives covering the aircraft's service into the 1980s, and much more. These voices are blended with a detailed technical and developmental description of the aircraft, supported by comprehensive appendices and over 450 photos in color and black and white.

USN McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472804969

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USN McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II by Peter E. Davies Pdf

Originally designed as a carrier-borne long-range interceptor armed with radar-guided missiles and tasked with defence against missile-launching bombers, the Phantom II went on to establish itself as one of the most important multi-role fighter, attack and reconnaissance aircraft of the 20th century. Arguably the United States' most important aircraft in the Vietnam War, where it played the role of workhorse as well as being a deadly MiG interceptor, the Phantom was also a mainstay of Atlantic Fleet operations ? intercepting Soviet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft and turning them away from the carrier groups at the height of the Cold War. This book reveals the design and development history of the naval Phantom, its variants and the exported designs adopted by other NATO countries. Packed with illustrations, photographs and first-hand accounts, it provides a technical history of one of the most famous aircraft ever built.

USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–68

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782006961

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USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–68 by Peter E. Davies Pdf

The USAF introduced the F-4C Phantom II into the Vietnam war in April 1965 from Ubon RTAB, Thailand. The F-4C/D soon became the Air Force's principal fighter over the North, destroying 85 MiGs by the close of 1968. This book describes how the USAF turned a gunless naval interceptor into an opponent to the more nimble VPAF MiGs. It explains how the Air Force gradually followed US Navy initiatives in the use of the F-4's missile armament but employed very different tactics and aircrew training. The roles of key personalities such as Col. Robin Oldany are discussed, together with armament and markings, crews and engagements.

McDonnell F-4 Phantom

Author : Jon Lake
Publisher : AIRtime Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 1880588315

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McDonnell F-4 Phantom by Jon Lake Pdf

This newly revised and expanded edition is the complete story of the world's best-loved and greatest fighter, ever-the F-4 Phantom. Tasked with a host of different missions, the Phantom served many countries and took part in conflicts stretching from the Vietnam War through the Gulf War. This book's authoritative text provides the reader with in-depth analysis of this important cold war warrior. It is packed with two-page color artworks, cutaways, technical drawings and a staggering array of photos. Every variant, every operator and every weapon carried by the Phantom are described.

USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–68

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782007531

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USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965–68 by Peter E. Davies Pdf

The USAF introduced the F-4C Phantom II into the Vietnam war in April 1965 from Ubon RTAB, Thailand. The F-4C/D soon became the Air Force's principal fighter over the North, destroying 85 MiGs by the close of 1968. This book describes how the USAF turned a gunless naval interceptor into an opponent to the more nimble VPAF MiGs. It explains how the Air Force gradually followed US Navy initiatives in the use of the F-4's missile armament but employed very different tactics and aircrew training. The roles of key personalities such as Col. Robin Oldany are discussed, together with armament and markings, crews and engagements.