On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:48:57 GMT, "Joe Delphi"
wrote:

From the China Lake website:

"China Lake's 5-inch Zuni rocket was heavily used over the years. China Lake
was the lead laboratory for the 2.75 and Zuni developments. The Zuni, as
well as some other early unguided rockets, was originally conceived as an
air-to-air weapon, but the rocket's role evolved into that of an
air-to-ground weapon. Interestingly, the Zuni shot down a MiG-15 early in
the Vietnam War when the MiG let itself get ahead of an A1 Skyraider that
was trying to evade it. The Skyraider fired a Zuni and scored a hit. (circa
1956) "

Hope the China Lake folks aren't contending that MiG-15s were flying
in the Vietnam War, or that the US was involved in combat in the air
in 1956. That's the way urban legends get started.

Should be a MiG-17, and much more likely "circa 1965".



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8