“Pardo’s Push” was a remarkable act of heroism during the Vietnam War when Captain John R. Pardo and Lieutenant Steve Wayne used their F-4 Phantom to physically push a crippled wingman’s aircraft ...
During the Vietnam War, A-1E Skyraiders from the 1st Air Commando Squadron rushed to support a besieged base, led by Major Bernard F. Fisher. When fellow pilot Major Dafford Myers was shot down and ...
American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller, more agile MiGs and losing more often than anyone expected. The decline ...