MiG-17: Beyond Vietnam. The MiG-17 saw service in a total of 20 counties, namely Warsaw Pact, Middle Eastern, and African nations. Admittedly, ...

The MiG pilots had completely misjudged the Skyraiders, possibly assuming their speed advantage would ensure early victory—only to be outfought in close combat, where the A-1H Skyraider excelled.

In the hands of North Vietnam, the MiG-17 shone. Smaller and slower, the MiG-17 were much lighter and significantly more maneuverable at low speed than the Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs and F-4 ...

The MiG-17 wasn't the only aircraft developed in the early 1950s to fly in Vietnam. Republic Aviation's F-105 Thunderchief emerged as a supersonic fighter bomber meant to replace the F-84F ...

The first officially listed American aerial victory during the Vietnam War was achieved by a U.S. Navy F-4B Phantom that destroyed a Chinese MiG-17 on Apr. 9, 1965. However, Home ...

The MiG-17F made it's mark over the skies of Vietnam doing battle against U.S. aircraft like the F-4 Phantom II. Now, its great heritage and extraordinary maneuverability has made it a favorite ...

This sequence from gun camera footage shows Maj. Ralph L. Kluster, 35, St. Louis, Missouri, shooting down a MIG-17 on June 3, 1968 over North Vietnam with 20-millimeter shells from his U.S. Air ...

The second victory of the propeller-driven Skyraider against a North Vietnamese MiG-17 jet fighter, took place on Oct. 9, 1966 and involved four A-1Hs launched from the deck of the USS Intrepid ...

MiG-17: Beyond Vietnam. The MiG-17 saw service in a total of 20 counties, namely Warsaw Pact, Middle Eastern, and African nations. Admittedly, ...