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Dogfights in Vietnam
Did United States air and naval air forces actually engage in that
many Dogfights with North Vietamese aircraft during the Vietnam war ? Where did these planes take off from ? Bases in China ? |
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Mike wrote:
Did United States air and naval air forces actually engage in that many Dogfights with North Vietamese aircraft during the Vietnam war ? Several hundred. Just in the Dec. 1971 - January 1973 period, Red Baron lists 127 combat incidents. Where did these planes take off from ? Bases in China ? Bases in the DRVN, although there may have been some combat missions launched from Chinese bases. U.S. sources claim that Chinese bases were used as dispersion fields and emergency recovery fields. Guy |
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Recommend you find Lou Drendel's " . . . and Kill MIGs," which gives
accounts of a number of dogfights by American fighter pilots, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. Included is a list of all air-to-air shootdowns officially credited. "Mike" wrote in message m... Did United States air and naval air forces actually engage in that many Dogfights with North Vietamese aircraft during the Vietnam war ? |
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"Steve Langner" wrote:
Recommend you find Lou Drendel's " . . . and Kill MIGs," which gives accounts of a number of dogfights by American fighter pilots, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. Included is a list of all air-to-air shootdowns officially credited. "Mike" wrote in message om... Did United States air and naval air forces actually engage in that many Dogfights with North Vietamese aircraft during the Vietnam war ? And might also refer to Marshall Michel's "Clashes" as well as Wayne Thompson's "To Hanoi and Back" which offers some good statistical summaries. From the other side there's also Toperczer, but as a US participant I find his analysis a bit lop-sided. North Vietnamese aircraft operated almost exclusively from NVN airfields at Kep, Phuc Yen, Hoa Lac, Cat Bi and during some years at Yen Bai as well as very sporadically as far south as Vinh. As Guy pointed out, they occasionally moved aircraft N. to China, but didn't launch operational sorties from N. of the border. What raised this question in the first place? There's more than enough published history and statistical data to answer it easily. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (ret) ***"When Thunder Rolled: *** An F-105 Pilot Over N. Vietnam" *** from Smithsonian Books ISBN: 1588341038 |
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Mark wrote:
Your post brings up a question I've had.... Are the "Red Baron" reports in the public domain somewhere?? Always wondered if anyone has done a FOIA for them. If not, would be nice to see them available as they are almost of 'historical' vintage now (Not to say that the aviators involved are of 'vintage' quite yet!!!!) I believe the whole thing has been declassified. I talked to the officer responsible for declassifying them, back in 1994; as I recall, he said there was a single word in the whole thing that had been holding up declassification, and I've been trying to guess what that word was ever since. I've got a copy of Red Baron III which is the weapons summary for the whole war, and also includes the event listing for the 1971-73 period (but not the detailed account of each A-A event itself), which was declassified at least by 22 July 1992 judging by the date stamp. The AFHRSC at Maxwell has them, which is where a friend xeroxed Red Baron III for me back in 1994. It's been a while since I checked their website, but it used to be that you had to physically go there to make copies, or else they would sell you microfilmed copies (at least that's how it worked for the declassified Project CHECO reports). Guy |
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Guy Alcala wrote:
I believe the whole thing has been declassified. I talked to the officer responsible for declassifying them, back in 1994; as I recall, he said there was a single word in the whole thing that had been holding up declassification, and I've been trying to guess what that word was ever since. How about "Soviet" ? If used to describe an enemy pilot... ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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You can see references on web about such "rumors" (See this Dec 02 post
below) But just as many denials as well..... http://pub115.ezboard.com/fpoliticso...sage?topicID=1 35.topic But I think your down the right track. If the report was held up it was probably for 'political' reasons vice a military issue!!!! Just take a look at recent Iraq action and the loss of the F-15E. Still being investigated??? Press hasn't been on top of this one very much. Me thinks this one is wrapped up in some political issues as well. Otherwise, what is so "sensitive" about a combat loss or loss due to aircraft malfunction/pilot error. Happens all the time. vr Mark "John S. Shinal" wrote in message ... Guy Alcala wrote: I believe the whole thing has been declassified. I talked to the officer responsible for declassifying them, back in 1994; as I recall, he said there was a single word in the whole thing that had been holding up declassification, and I've been trying to guess what that word was ever since. How about "Soviet" ? If used to describe an enemy pilot... ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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"John S. Shinal" wrote:
Guy Alcala wrote: I believe the whole thing has been declassified. I talked to the officer responsible for declassifying them, back in 1994; as I recall, he said there was a single word in the whole thing that had been holding up declassification, and I've been trying to guess what that word was ever since. How about "Soviet" ? If used to describe an enemy pilot... Could be, although I lean more towards "China." We know now that one Soviet pilot trainer and his pupil in a two-seat MiG-21 got caught in the middle of an air raid, were unable to land before running out of fuel and either crash-landed or had to punch out (I forget which, and am too lazy to look it up). There were also supposedly North Korean pilots flying MiGs in combat, and maybe some Soviet or WarPact pilots as well. As to China, we scored some kills against Chinese MiGs (and had some losses) while over Chinese territory, and AFAIK those kills have still not been officially recognized, although they are widely known. Guy |
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Mark wrote: You can see references on web about such "rumors" (See this Dec 02 post below) But just as many denials as well..... http://pub115.ezboard.com/fpoliticso...sage?topicID=1 35.topic But I think your down the right track. If the report was held up it was probably for 'political' reasons vice a military issue!!!! Just take a look at recent Iraq action and the loss of the F-15E. Still being investigated??? Press hasn't been on top of this one very much. Me thinks this one is wrapped up in some political issues as well. Otherwise, what is so "sensitive" about a combat loss or loss due to aircraft malfunction/pilot error. Happens all the time. So, what is the Un official story on the F15 shoot down? BOB vr Mark -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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