Fly By Knights: Air Force A/B/RB-26 Air Commando Missions in the Vietnam War

Fly By Knights: Air Force A/B/RB-26 Air Commando Missions in the Vietnam War
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
10 October 2022
Pages
277
ISBN
9781476686806

Fly By Knights: Air Force A/B/RB-26 Air Commando Missions in the Vietnam War

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By the time of the Vietnam War, the U.S. military had transitioned to jet aircraft. Yet leaders soon learned prop-driven planes could still play a role in counterinsurgency warfare. World War II-era B-26 light bombers proved effective in close air support and interdiction, beginning with Operation Farm Gate in 1963. Forty B-26s were reengineered as A-26 aircraft, which destroyed hundreds of North Vietnamese supply vehicles on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 1966-1969. The personal recollections of 37 pilots and navigators tell the harrowing story of B-26 and A-26 Air Commando Wing combat operations in Vietnam and Laos.

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