"KDR" wrote in message
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As everybody here probably knows, USAF F-105 Thunderchiefs and USN A-4
Skyhawks bore the brunt of the Rolling Thunder campaign from 1965 to
1968 and suffered accordingly. The F-105 and A-4 losses over North
Vietnam were 282 and 173 respectively.

Now the harder part. What were their loss rates (losses/sorties) and
how they compare? What factors contributed to the difference?

Just figures like 282 and 173 do not a loss rate make. You need to take the
number of flight hours divided by the losses. One reason so many were lost
was that there were a LOT of them flying. During February 1969 I had about
120 F-105s on my flightline at Takhli.

Regards,

Tex Houston