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The North Vietnamese bridge American jets could not kill

A simple bomb damage check over North Vietnam was supposed to take seconds. Instead, it meant diving back through some of the ...
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See This A-4E Skyhawk Jet? It Took a Hit from a Deadly SA-2 Missile (And Survived)

Taken on Apr. 25, 1967 the pictures in this post shows LTJG Al Crebo’s VA-212 A-4E Skyhawk, Navy BUNO 151102, after it had a close encounter with an SA-2 over North Vietnam. Noteworthy LTJG Al Crebo ...
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The North Vietnamese Stronghold American Jets Could Not Break

A simple Bomb Damage Assessment run should have been routine, but over North Vietnam every pass meant flying through a wall of tracers. Lieutenant Commander D.D. Smith rolled his A-4E Skyhawk into a ...
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How the A-4 Skyhawk Ruled the Skies

Modern jet fighters continue to grow ever more complicated and more fantastically expensive. But some of the most influential aircraft in history succeeded instead because they could do their job ...