In the early 1950s, as naval aircraft grew larger and more complex, Douglas engineer Ed Heinemann chose a radically different ...
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The jet that took the heaviest hits in Vietnam

The F-105 Thunderchief was built for nuclear war, not jungle skies. Yet Vietnam turned it into the workhorse of America’s air campaign. Day after day, it flew into the most heavily defended airspace ...
The Crusader was active during the Vietnam War, ‘scoring’ 19 air-to-air victories for three losses, the best ratio of any US aircraft of the conflict. Armed with four 20mm cannon it has frequently ...