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US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War (Paperback)
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US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War (Paperback)
Series: Combat Aircraft
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Discovery Miles 3 780
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Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom
II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May
1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles
that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these
aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted
24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods,
while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and
big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions
in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their
lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy.
The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine
Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a
selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.
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