Ebook: RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat
Author: Robert Powell Jim Laurier
- Series: Combat Aircraft 51
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Osprey Publishing
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
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Developed from the A-5 nuclear bomber and used in a reconnaissance role, the RA-5C Vigilante was the largest and fastest aeroplane ever to operate from the deck of an aircraft carrier. During the Vietnam War (1955-1975) it sustained the highest loss ratio of any American aircraft in that conflict. This volume includes compelling accounts of combat missions over key communist targets, where crews dodged Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs) and anti-aircraft fire to secure all-important mission photographs. Written by a Vigilante combat veteran this book is crammed full of action-packed first-hand accounts
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