Para el respetable, una de las que dije que iba a perpetrar:
"P-38 Lightning Vs Ki-61 Ia Hien"
On April 12, 1944 the 80th FS was assigned to escort B-24s that were targeting Japanese positions in Hollandia. The unit rendezvoused with Liberator bombers at 14,000ft, and a short while later its ranking ace, Capt Jay T. Robbins, spotted a gaggle of Ki-61s at 'nine o’clock high'
On 23 May 1972, VA-55’s Lt Dennis J Sapp launched with his wingman, Lt Ken Bray, from USS Hancock (CVA-19) on an Iron Hand mission to cover an Alpha strike against targets northeast of Haiphong, in North Vietnam. Sapp’s section had two missions – to destroy a SAM site adjacent to the target and to silence a lethal cluster of SAM sites ringing Haiphong near the target area
May 10, 1972 was the US Navy’s most successful day against the Vietnamese People’s Air Force (VPAF). Amongst the Naval Aviators to enjoy success on this date were Lts Matt Connelly and Tom Blonski in F-4J BuNo 155769 of top-scoring squadron VF-96 from USS Constellation (CVA-64)
Snr Lts Le Hai and Nguyen Dinh Phuc, with Ho Van Quy and Nguyen Phi Hung (all from the 923rd FR), intercepted a TARCAP of F-4B Phantom IIs from VF-151, embarked in USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), as they followed A-4E Skyhawks out after a Haiphong strike on November 19, 1967
On May 18, 1972, an epic duel was fought above the VPAF’s key fighter base at Kep between two MiG-19Ss of the 925th FR and a pair of F-4Bs from VF-161. The 'Farmers' would duly suffer their only losses to US Navy Phantom IIs that afternoon whilst attempting to oppose a strike by CVW-15. Here, Topgun graduate Lt Henry “Bart” Bartholomay and his RIO Lt Oran Brown, in “Rock River 110”, watch their opponent’s jet strike the ground at high speed after being struck by an AIM-9 at minimum range. The VPAF pilot had ejected just seconds earlier
Bravo! Perpetre, perpetre vm que así da gusto . Una pasada, magníficas láminas, aunque eso vm ya lo sabe .
Por cierto ya se ve en una de las láminas que no todo el monte es orégano para los pilotos yanquis .
Agradecido quedo por el detalle de compartirlas con nosotros y anotadas donde están.
Vive y deja vivir. No hagas a nadie, lo que no quieras que te hagan.
Sólo se que no se nada.(Sócrates)