The Thanh Hóa Bridge, spanning the Song Ma river, is situated 3 miles northeast of Thanh Hóa, the capital of Thanh Hóa Province in Vietnam. The Vietnamese gave it the nickname Hàm Rồng. In 1965 during
Thanh Hóa Bridge after it was hit by laser-guided bombs
F-105Ds en route to North Vietnam.
A North Vietnamese MiG-17 in 1972.
416th TFS F-100Ds at Da Nang, 1965
The LTV A-7 Corsair II is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought.
Thanh Hóa Bridge
…return to dog-fighting in air combat doctrine. Eventually, in 1972, the bridge was destroyed by USAF F-4 Phantoms using laser-guided bombs and US Navy Vought A-7s with advanced and conventional bombs. It was a grey metallic construction, resting on a central concrete pier, and on concrete abutments at each…
United States Navy A-7E from VA-146
The first A-7 mock-up in 1964
YA-7D-1-CV AF Serial No. 67-14582, the first USAF YA-7D, 2 May 1968. Note the Navy-style refueling probe (retracted beside the cockpit in the standard position, not the air test data probe on the nose cone, which is part of the flight testing equipment) and the modified Navy Bureau Number used as its USAF tail number.
A-7D-7-CV Corsair IIs 70-0976, 70-0989 and 70-0970 of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing in the skies over Southeast Asia. '976 and '989 were retired to AMARC in 1992, '970 is on permanent display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.