Flying off of eight aircraft carriers over this time frame were F-4B and F-4J Phantom IIs.

Davies picks up where he left off covering the 17 US Navy F-4 Units that operated from 1969 to 1973. Jim Laurier contributes thirty color profiles. I counted 39 black and white pictures and 32 color photographs.

The MiG-17 pilot, Luu Kim Ngo ejected, but his parachute failed to open. Flying a BARCAP mission from the USS Midway in an F-4B (BuNo 153045) was Lt. This 96 page book’s front cover features a color painting by Gareth Hector of the last MiG kill of the Vietnam War on January 12, 1973. Davies’ 2016 US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964 - 68 (Combat Aircraft 116). Jim prefers working in oils on canvas and has specialized in Vietnam War era aircraft.

He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000, and has been featured in hundreds of aviation books. Jim has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many mediums creating artwork on a variety of subjects. Illustrator Jim Laurier, a native of New England, provides the color profiles. All of Peter's books on this topic have contained extensive input from interviews with more than 100 former US Navy Phantom II aircrew, maintainers and mission planners Four of these have concentrated on the U.S. He has also covered many aircraft in Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series, Osprey’s Air Vanguard series, and Osprey’s Duel series. Peter published a hardcover book with Crowood Press, North American F-100 Suber Sabre, in 2003. Navy and Marine Corps F-4 Phantoms published in 2000 is considered a must have. His Schiffer Military History hard cover on the Gray Ghosts, U.S. He was published by the Naval Institute Press in 1997 with his hardcover book, The Harrier Story, co-authored with Anthony M. and as authored or co-authored at least twenty-seven books on modern American combat aircraft, many with Osprey Publishing.

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