This is a blog about world history in general, world war ii, i, vietnam war, middle ages, boer war, weapons, and biographies of famous people, etc.
The Cambodian Campaign was a set of US military operations carried out against North Vietnamese forces and Viet Cong guerrillas in eastern Cambodia from April 29 to July 22, 1970, during the Vietnam War. Reinforced with South Vietnamese units, the US Army deployed more 109,000 men, who were backed by bombers and carrier-based attack aircraft, [...]
The Battle of Saigon was a battle fought between attacking Viet Cong battalions and the combined defending forces of US troops and South Vietnamese Army’s elements. Being part of the Tet Offensive, it took place in the city of Saigon, from January 31 to March 7, 1968, during the Vietnam War. The Battle of Saigon [...]
The F-89 Scorpion was a US Air Force, all-weather, interceptor aircraft which was designed and manufactured by Northrop Corporation. Test pilot Fred C. Bretcher flew the XP-89 prototype for the first time on August 16, 1948. This straight-wing, jet interceptor was among the first USAF jet aircraft armed with guided missiles and nuclear weapons, such [...]
The F-9 Cougar was a carrier-based, jet fighter aircraft used by the US Navy. It was developed by Grumman based on the F9F fighter. It first flew on September 20, 1951, and entered into service in june 1952. The swept-wing F-9 Cougar was also used as reconnaissance aircraft fitted out with cameras instead of the [...]
The Sea Harrier was a naval jet fighter and attack aircraft which was successfully used by the Royal Navy in the Falklands War, the two Gulf Wars, and in the Balkans. The Sea Harrier was a carrier-based VTOL/STOVL subsonic fighter aircraft which was developed from the Hawker Siddeley Harrier by the aviation firm British Aerospace, [...]
The SR-71 Blackbird was a US supersonic, strategic reconnaissance aircraft used by the US Air Force during the Cold War. The SR-71 was originally designed as the interceptor A-12 by the American engineer Clarence Johnson, for the Central Intelligence Agency. Although Lockheed produced thirteen A-12 interceptor prototypes, in 1964, upon President Johnson behest, the A-12 [...]
