Fly By Knights: Air Force A/B/RB-26 Air Commando Missions in the Vietnam War - Softcover

Roger D. Graham (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476686807 ISBN 13: 9781476686806

Publisher: McFarland, 2022

Synopsis

By the time of the Vietnam War, the U.S. military had transitioned to jet aircraft. Yet leaders soon learned prop-driven planes could still play a role in counterinsurgency warfare. World War II-era Douglas B-26 light bombers proved effective in close air support and interdiction, beginning with Operation Farm Gate in 1961. Forty B-26s were remanufactured as improved A-26 attack aircraft, which destroyed hundreds of North Vietnamese supply vehicles on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 1966-1969. The personal recollections of 37 pilots, navigators, maintenance and armament personnel, and family members, tell the harrowing story of B-26 and A-26 Air Commando Wing combat operations in Vietnam and Laos.

About this title

About the Author

Roger D. Graham is a 1963 graduate of the Air Force Academy, attorney, navigator-bombardier, retired Air Force colonel, retired Lockheed Martin attorney and author. He lives in Acworth, Georgia.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476686807
• ISBN 13: 9781476686806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277