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To: sukhoi-30mki
F-5s were a good third-world fighter...relatively cheap and easy to work on (relatively speaking). Pretty dependable.
When I was in the USAF 40+ years ago, the Air Force used the F-5’s as aggressors to simulate MIGs in dogfights with the new F-15s. They made the ground crew paint big yellow stripes on the F-5s because they were so difficult for the F-15 pilots to see - like looking at the end of a pin. Too bad the Russians weren’t as accommodating.
2 posted on
06/15/2017 2:06:48 AM PDT by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: sukhoi-30mki; broken_arrow1
Bien Hoa Air Base was overrun by Communist forces on Apr. 25, 1975 as the Vietnam War (referred to as the “American War” in Vietnam) neared its end.I am glad I left Bien Hoa, before that happened. 😀🙃
3 posted on
06/15/2017 3:20:34 AM PDT by
Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
To: sukhoi-30mki
You do come up with some good posts.
5.56mm
7 posted on
06/15/2017 6:55:09 AM PDT by
M Kehoe
To: sukhoi-30mki
The aircraft I left in Vietnam wasn’t in great shape when I left it .... In a hell of a hurry
8 posted on
06/15/2017 8:37:51 AM PDT by
Robe
(A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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