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发帖数: 628 | 1 In April of 1965, a single squadron (the 476th TFS) of the 479th
TFW deployed with their F-104Cs to Kung Kuan AB in Taiwan, with
regular rotations to the
forward base at Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam. Their job was to fly
MiG combat
air patrol (MiGCAP) missions to protect American fighter bombers against
attack
by North Vietnamese fighters. They flew these missions armed with their
single
M61A1 20-mm cannon and four AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The effect
of F-104 deployment upon NV |
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