Word: brestel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shrinking Sanctuaries. No MIGs showed up over Thai Nguyen, but as the first day's mission was returning to Thailand, Captain Max C. Brestel became locked in what he called "an old-fashioned dogfight" with four MIG-17s. Brestel damaged one MIG and shot down another. The confirmed kill brought to 37 the number of enemy jets downed by U.S. planes (against ten U.S. losses in air combat), and represented the first MIG nailed since January...
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