It's November 1971. and American air raids against North Vietnam are suspended. But, the war is still far from being over.

MiG-19 (Shenyang J-6) was introduced to North Vietnamese People's Air Force in January 1969, more than three years after the ...

The MiG-21 Goes to War in Vietnam. It was the North Vietnamese who first deployed the MiG-21 in combat in 1966. Before that, the MiG-15 and the MiG-17 had defined the North Vietnamese air defense ...

Codenamed Fishbed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the MiG-21 gained fame during the Vietnam War, when it was used by the North Vietnamese to intercept American bombers.

North Vietnam’s MiG-21 was more agile than its main American rival, the F-4 Phantom. The MiG-21 downed about 50 American planes during the war. The Americans, however, aced 68 MiG-21 birds over ...

The bombers attacked deep into North Vietnam, hitting targets in Hanoi, Haiphong, and other locations. ... The most advanced Soviet fighter to see service in Vietnam was the MiG-21.

A 15 minutes battle against aggressive MiG-21 pilots raged in the skies within a 15 mile radius of Phuc Yen, with the Fishbeds that attacked in two pairs, one from 6 o’clock and the other from ...

North Vietnamese accounts mention MiG-21 MFs of the 921st Fighter Regiment, scrambling up from Kep airbase, ... one of North Vietnam’s most important airfields.

North Korea's ancient fleet of MiGs is ... but it's the airborne equivalent of your grandfather's old Buick — the MiG-21. ... one U.S. F-4 Phantom pilots were wary of encountering over Vietnam.

The oldest fighter jet currently in active service is the MiG-21, which began testing in 1955 and serving in '59. Tech. ... North Vietnam also used this fighter, engaging American jets like the F ...

North Vietnamese accounts mention MiG-21 MFs of the 921st Fighter Regiment, scrambling up from Kep airbase, being ambushed and pilot Nguyen Van Ngai being killed immediately — probably by Lodge ...