Operation Linebacker II, the "Christmas bombing" campaign of December 1972, was a significant effort by the U.S. to force ...

An unusual formation flew over Nellis AFB to honor retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Peck, "Bandit 1", who passed away ...

The MiG-21 proved a worthy match for the F-4 Phantom when it entered the war in June 1966. The North Vietnamese air force would monitor bombing attacks, sending MiGs into the fray when bombers ...

The Soviet MiG-21 served as the primary high-altitude fighter in the North Vietnamese arsenal. Capable of flying more than twice the speed of sound and armed with a 30mm cannon and air-to-air ...

The MiG-21 was the most-produced supersonic fighter ... and heavily armed American F-4 Phantoms over the skies of North ...

The more capable MiG-19 followed, and the MiG-21 (more closely matched to US aircraft) followed in 1965. The strategy of the North Vietnamese was to use the MiGs to delay or disrupt bombing ...

Though China couldn't reverse-engineer it, it gave the missile to the Soviets, who cloned it into the K-13 missile, later used in combat by North Vietnamese MiG-21s.

during a mission to bomb the North Vietnamese railroad yards at Thai Nguyen when a MiG-21 enemy aircraft began maneuvering into attack position. USAFA said Moore successfully defended his aircraft ...

the capital of North Vietnam. "When a MiG-21 enemy aircraft began maneuvering into attack position, Moore successfully defended his aircraft by shooting down the MiG-21. This was one of two ...

A rare serow trapped in a forest in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam was rescued by a group of forest rangers on October 11, 2024. Photo: Tam Pham Forest rangers in Nghe An Province, ...