Despite a lackluster debut during the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the MiG-17 proved its worth during the Vietnam War, where its agility and cannon armament made it a formidable opponent against ...

While quite slow compared to jets like the MiG-17, the Skyraider’s ability to ... with the Air Force retiring theirs later that decade. South Vietnam’s air force used them until the war ...

In his latest book, Rolling Thunder 1965-68: Johnson’s Air War Over Vietnam, aviation historian Richard P. Hallion writes of the MiG-17: “ [Its] afterburner-sustained turns in a close-in ...

The MiG-17 was flown by only a few of the North Vietnamese aces, including Bay. NASM photo 7A33704 Many of my trips to Vietnam have run together in my memory, including some of the 180 I made in ...