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...century, his last words were reported to be: "Sacrifices must be made." In the museum's military aviation exhibits, that sense of sacrifice is pervasive, if in a different context. The most durable warplanes are there: the Fokker, Spad XVI (Billy Mitchell's own), P-40E, B26, Spitfire, German Messerschmitt and Italian Macchi MC-202. So is the old workhorse of World War II-and beyond-the DC-3. Said one former combat pilot, standing before a full-scale diorama of aerial combat with a B-17 under attack: "It's so real that you want...
...creating miniature electrical fields and ionizing the air around them. The ionization increases the conductivity of air within the thunderhead and allows electrons to flow from the bottom of the cloud to the top, sharply reducing the electrical potential and thus preventing lightning. In one seeding run by the B26, for instance, a charge of 300,000 volts per meter in a thunderhead was completely neutralized in only ten minutes...
...Force has indeed operated a mixed-bag of aging airplanes in the war -most notably the T28, originally built in 1949 as a trainer, and the B26, a twin-engine World War II bomber originally designated the A26. About 100 of these planes were sent in after the U.S. entered Viet Nam in earnest in 1961, chiefly because 1) owing to slow speeds and short turning radii, they could be adapted to the close-support missions needed in counterguerrilla warfare, and 2) they were available...
...that 75 more would arrive by the end of the summer-to replace both the B-26s and the remaining combat T-28s. Though also a prop-driven World War II craft, the Skyraider is a much more powerful warplane and almost twice as fast as the B26. Armed with 20-mm. cannon, Skyraiders distinguished themselves in Korea for their close support of the Marines. But the improvement is belated. As to the question, "Why not jets?", Air Force men insist that slower planes are better for Viet Nam's kind of jungle...
...ruling junta seemed more willing than Diem to risk casualties. In the south, 800 guerrillas staged a predawn assault on Chala, overran half the outpost, but were repulsed by savage machine-gun fire. When paratroopers and B-26 bombers hurried to the rescue, the Reds shot down one B26. Yet the counterblow was effective; villagers reported that the fleeing Viet Cong suffered approximately 400 casualties. Northeast of Saigon, government troops ambushed a Viet Cong battalion, killed or wounded 69 of the enemy. Also northeast of the capital, a three-day government offensive ended with 40 Viet Cong dead. West...