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By the 1960s, big, heavy fighters with radar guided air-to-air missiles replace outmoded dogfighters; faced with the MiG 21 in Vietnam, the U.S. Air Force gives lightweight fighters a second look.
By the 1960s, big, heavy fighters with radar guided air-to-air missiles replace outmoded dogfighters; faced with the MiG 21 in Vietnam, the U.S. Air Force gives lightweight fighters a second look.
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