Word: mig
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both kills were made by F-105 Thun derchiefs which, although faster than the MIGs, were designed more as bombers than fighters. And in both cases, the American pilots made use of their greater speed to surprise the Communist planes from behind. Lieut. Karl W. Richter, 23, of Holly, Mich., zeroed in on a MIG-17 that was chasing a flight of F-105s, poured cannon fire at it until its right wing broke off and the pilot ejected. Lieut. Fred A. Wilson, of Mobile, Ala., overtook another MIG-17 so fast that he had no time to adjust...
...next day the Communists pulled in their horns. Only one MIG was anywhere to be seen, and it stayed far away from U.S. jets. Total score in 18 months of on-again-off-again air combat: 21 Communist planes shot down v. four American...
...north near Hanoi, Red MIGs made a rare appearance, jumping a flight of Phantoms in a ten-minute fight over Dap Cau railroad bridge. The MIGs missed; a Phantom's Sidewinder missile did not, and down went the 19th MIG kill of the war. It was a bang-up end to a heartening week...
Where Is Point X? India's Defense Minister, Y. B. Chavan, has warned Parliament that Pakistan was receiving 200 tanks and 125 planes, including supersonic MIG-19 fighters and 11-28 bombers, from Red China. In addition, Pakistan has recently acquired 90 Canadian-built F-86 Sabres from Iran. Indian officials insist that Pakistan has concluded a secret military pact with Red China. "We are pretty sure that they have an understanding to help each other up to point X," says one external-affairs aide, "but we don't know what point...
...China's air force and navy remain minuscule and primitive by big-power standards. Of the 2,600 military aircraft in China, only 300 are bombers (light, short-range Ilyushin 28s, at that), and modern fighter planes are in even shorter supply. China has only one squadron of MIG-21s (probably twelve or 15 aircraft), the only planes that can stand up to American fighters. The plague of China's air force is a shortage of fuel, which forces it to fly at only 70% of its normal operational capacity. As with the army, there has been...