History of the
Vietnam War. Aerial dogfight between a US F-4 Phantom and a North
Vietnamese Mig in aviation art print Showtime 100 by aviation artist
Philip West.
Showtime 100 by Philip West. Lieutenant Randy Cunningham with his
back-seater Willie Driscoll, score
the second of three air victories achieved during a single mission, making
them the only US Navy Aces of the Vietnam War. Flying their Phantom F-4J in a strike against the Haiphong railyards on
May 10, 1972, Lt Randy Cunningham and his RIO Willie Driscoll were
attacked by a pair of MiG-17s as they left the target. Within seconds
Cunningham despatched one with a Sidewinder, and went looking for more.
With the F-4s outnumbered by MiG-17s and 21s, it was only moments before
two more MiGs fell to Cunningham's missiles, chalking up three victories
on the mission. With two previous kills to their credit, when Cunningham
and Driscoll made it back to the USS Constellation they had become the
first Aces of the Vietnam War, and the US Navy's only Aces of the
conflict.
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