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47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down - Sep 02, 1972 - HISTORY.com
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Phuc Yen, 10 miles north of Hanoi, and one of the largest air bases in North Vietnam, is smashed by U.S. fighter-bombers. During the attack, a MiG was shot down, bringing the total to 47 enemy aircraft shot down since the beginning of the North Vietnamese offensive. At this point in the war, 18 U.S. planes had been shot down by MiGs.
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47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down - Sep 02, 1972 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us the days when pilots flew planes and engaged enemy aircraft much more manually than today SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
If this nation saw kill ratios like 47 enemy aircraft downed to 18 of our own aircraft I doubt the populace could stomach it.
If this nation saw kill ratios like 47 enemy aircraft downed to 18 of our own aircraft I doubt the populace could stomach it.
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