F-105 Wild Weasel Vs Sa-2 'Guideline' Sam: Vietnam 1965-73

by Peter E. Davies

Although America entered the Vietnam War with some of the world's most sophisticated combat aircraft, the majority of their missions involved conventional bombing and fighter engagements that employed quite similar tactics to those previously used in the Korean War and World War 2. The real step change in aerial fighting came with the use of air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles. Developing methods of defeating the latter involved the rapid evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849084718
• ISBN13: 9781849084710
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.7"