Ralph Ziman has always been a pacifist — so much so that he became a conscientious objector and left his home country of ...

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

The audacious drone assault of June 1 may have destroyed one-third of Russia’s long-range strike fleet. But the implications ...

A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The MiG-21’s speed and simplicity made it popular to use among North Vietnamese aviators. (Soviet pilots were also used, and simply sheep-dipped in North Vietnamese uniforms to mask the USSR’s ...

By 1968, he was stationed with the 433rd TFS at Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, flying 163 combat missions over North Vietnam and Laos, including 100 at night.

Everything from the MiG-21 to the B-52 Stratofortress met in the skies for supremacy over Southeast Asia. Let's explore some of the most notable aircraft that flew in the Vietnam War.