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The MiG-19 lacked mounts for air-to-air missiles but it had the one advantage over the early model F-4 Phantom II: it was armed with cannons. VPAF MiG-19s had three 30 mm cannons which "were notable for their large muzzle flash" [29] when fired. The aircraft were loaded with 90 rounds per cannon, giving approximately six seconds of firing time.
The VPAF claimed seven F-4s were shot down (the U.S. confirmed five F-4s were lost [10]). However, U.S. jets managed to shoot down two MiG-21s, three MiG-17s and one MiG-19. On 11 May, two MiG-21s, which played the role of "bait", brought four F-4 to two MiG-21s circling at low altitude, the MiGs attacked the F-4s and three missiles shot down ...
Flag of the Vietnamese Air Defence - Air Force Vietnam People's Army Ministry of National Defence Command General Staff Services Air Defence - Air Force Navy Border Guard Coast Guard Ranks and history Vietnamese military ranks and insignia History of Vietnamese military ranks Military history of Vietnam Since the Vietnam War, most Vietnamese aircraft were supplied by the Soviet Union and later ...
The action of 23 August 1967 was a major air battle which involved elements of the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF). The air battle took place over the skies of North Vietnam as part of Operation Rolling Thunder, during the Vietnam War . On 2 January 1967, the United States Air Force launched Operation ...
The claimed flying aces of the Vietnam War, pilots who shot down five or more enemy aircraft, include 19 Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) pilots, (six MiG-17 and 13 MiG-21 pilots), [1]: 228 and five Americans.
The museum comprises one main building with displays on the history of the VPAF, biographies of VPAF aces, uniforms and flightsuits, aircraft weaponry and engines, items from downed US aircraft and the forward fuselage of a MiG-21. Outside is a static park with aircraft of the VPAF and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. [1]
On 19 April 1972, the cruiser was attacked by one of two Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-17s, flown by pilots Le Xuan Di and Nguyen Van Bay (aka Bay A), both from the VPAF 923rd Fighter Regiment. Each MiG was armed with two 500 pounds (227 kg) bombs, [5] Van Bay's target was the light cruiser.
Several VPAF MiG-17Fs attacked U.S. Navy warships in the Battle of Đồng Hới. This was the first air attack on U.S. warships of the war. A gun mount on the USS Higbee was destroyed. The U.S. Navy sunk two P 4/6 class motor torpedo boats and shot down one MiG-17 and also engaged shore batteries in North Vietnam. [61]: 306–7