Фотографии
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RLAF T-6, circa 1961.
Самолёты на фотографии: North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - США - 1935
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RLAF T-28C at Udorn RTAFB. During exceptionally heavy fighting in 1970, Lao aircraft were given permission to remain at Thai bases overnight. The slide-in 'placard' carrying the roundel can be discerned - quick change nationality!
Самолёты на фотографии: North American T-28 Trojan - США - 1949
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A T-28 at Long Tieng airbase prepares to depart on a bombing run, early 1970s. On many occasions, the battlefield was no further than the far side of the ridge visible in the background
Самолёты на фотографии: North American T-28 Trojan - США - 1949
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A USAF major prepares to board a T-28 at Wattay, July 1966. By that time, members of the US Air Attache’s office had received permission to fly weather reconnaissance missions over northern Laos. During such sorties, they used the same T-28s allocated to the Fireflies, the only difference being placards with miniature USAF markings put on the sides of the fuselage.
Самолёты на фотографии: North American T-28 Trojan - США - 1949
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Трофейный T-28, на котором пилот Нгуен Ен Ба одержал первую воздушную победу ВВС ДРВ, сбив 16 февраля 1964 г. транспортный C-123 VNAF.
In September 1963, an RLAF T-28B, piloted by renegade Lt Chert Saibory, was flown to North Vietnam. Repainted in North Vietnamese markings, its tail number - 963 - reflects the month and year of its unexpected arrivalСамолёты на фотографии: North American T-28 Trojan - США - 1949
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A Lao-marked T-28 wreck at the end of the Nakhang runway, 1965. At the controls was an Air America pilot who had been participating in a search-and-rescue operation over northeastern Laos; he emerged unscathed
Самолёты на фотографии: North American T-28 Trojan - США - 1949
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The first RLAF AC-47 arrives in September 1969. This aircraft, along with all subsequent gunships, was repainted in the standard USAF camouflage scheme
Самолёты на фотографии: Douglas AC-47 Spooky - США - 1964
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RLAF AC-47 with the miniguns removed and placed in storage, circa 1974.
Самолёты на фотографии: Douglas AC-47 Spooky - США - 1964
Статьи
- Round-Out
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- D.Henley, K.Ellis - Globetrotting Reindeer
- D.Nicolle - Young Turks (1)
- D.Vlad - Out of the Ashes
- J.Smith - Wrath of a Mystical Monster
- K.Conboy - Wings Over the Land of a Million Elephants
- N.Lees - Birds of Passage
- P.London - From Seagull to 'Shagbat' (1)
- S.Aloni - In a Class of its Own (3)