Thursday, April 12, 2012

VNAF 516FS Skyraiders "before" and "after"...

Typical VNAF Skyraiders color schemes in early and later of the war.  The gray scheme was before the mid 60s then it adopted the SEA camouflage afterward till the end of the war.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Follow the Dragon.

The three propeller driven fighter of the VNAF from the begining before they were replaced by jets.
The Bearcat F-8F-1 formed the 1st Fighter Squadron then the Trojan T-28C/D formed the 2nd Fighter Squadron.  The Skyraider A-1H/J/E were formed many Squadrons and used effectively and remain in service until the last day of the war, and here was one of the 516 Fighter Squadron "Flying Tiger".