Chinese MiGs Fight U.S. Jets

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Chinese MiGs Fight U.S. Jets
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Article about Chinese MiGs, for the New York Herald Tribune
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Chinese MiGs Fight U. S. Jets;
First Clash
With China
Since Korea
DOGFIGHT
From Cable Dispatches
BATOON.
Red Chinese and American
planes clashed over the Chi-
nese Communist island ef
Напал early yesterday,
Peking Radio reported
marked the first 8-U. S.
aerial combat enengement
since the end of the Korean
War in 1983.
The Chinese claimed the
planes fled in such a
panle that ane American
plane shot down another
America, craft.
Dening the clash took
placerer Hainan, U. E,
elais said thas four . B.
NAVT F-48 Phantom jets
flying enver for a 140-plane
force which wrecked a rail-
wy bridge in North Viet
Nar battled four Commu-
nist MiG-17 jet fehters 33
milles from sinan over the
Gulf of Tonkin,
Besides the strike br Navy
planes, es Air Force fighter-
bombers roamed over North
Vet Nam for two hours,
partly destroying two other
bridges. The 22 planes w
the largest number to hit
North Viet Nam in the 20
Feb. 7.
U.
8. officials denied any
U planes were minating in ae-
tlon off
off man and said that
one of the Red MICH Bled In
Fames Into the cleads. One
Navy Skyhawk was downed by
ground fire and the pitiet i
balled
out over
rescued half an hour later,
dts
Is Washington. Autant
Delense Secretary Arthur -
wester declared that
planes de nos Introde
Hainan Island ether before re
during yesterday's betet clash.
He emphasised to sen
Bowever, that "sur fruces are
always authorized to defend
Str. Bylveste, said the Pen-
tagon was unable to say
whether the attacking planes
we North Vietnamese or
Chinese But the fact th
took place about 150 miles st
of the North Viet Nam coast
More on DOGFIGHT-P
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U. S. Jets in Dogfight
(Continued from pa
coupled with the Peking bread-
cast that its planes were in-
volved in a hate with Amert
can plan's, made it almost cer-
tain the planes were Com-
munist Chinese
Mr. Bylvester noted that
the Navy Phantoms had "very
Instructions on this par-
ticular minion to avold
Chiness air space" tu defined
this as three miles offshore,
but said the Red Chinese
claims extends 12 miles off
Mr. Sylvester sald the U8.
F-4s chose to break off the
engagement with the MIGs
rather than pursue them, but
explained he did not know
whether this was because of
low fuel supplies, poor weather
or for some other reason.
The Communist Chinese
broadest sald two fights of
eight U. 8. warplanes "In
traded Into Chinese atr space
ever Yalhalen Palsha and
Cha. Kan, en Hainan be
tween 8:20 and 9:25am to
conduct provocative activi
"Our planes immediate
took off to meet the US
planes, the broadcast con-
tinued.
In the face of the un-
favors le tuntees, the U. 8.
planes aimlessly fed two
guided missiles and fed in a
great hurry. In their panic,
one U. 8. plane was hit hy
the guided mttle launched
by one of its own planes and
our Hainan
dropped
The battle between the
1.500 mile-an-hour Phan-
oms and the 640-mille-an-
our MOs was the third
within a week. Last Salarday
three MIOs apparently North
Vietnamese took toe air to
challenge U. 8. ralds, but
fed without a faht Last
Junday North Vietnamese
Ga ahot down two P105
Thunderchiefs.
It was not known to the
U. S. whether North Viet-
namese or Chinese Cemuma-
nist plets flew the North Viet-
namese Milest Bunday.
The our Navy phantoms
yesterday were flying what is
termed combat air patrol
(CAP) we the 140 jete from
the carriers Ranger and Coral
Sea twice pistered the Tam
Da railroad bridge 120 miles
south of Haño
The plan dropped more
Bunday and the failure of
the Navy Phantoms yesterday
to inflict heaty damage on
their outdated MIO epport-
tion has resulted in some
apeculation about American
against the
performance
enemy.
However, Defense Depart-1
ment offelals in Washington
than 100 tons of bombe on the anted that the defending
span in the morning and MiOs
have the advantage of
aftercor attacks and the
round control radar, which
tips them off to approaching
Navy said the bridge was de-
stroyed. It was considered aircraft sooner than radar en
attacking planes.
vital north-south link to
Manel regime.
Why the Navy planes
smashed Tam D, about 50
twin-jet -105s bombed the
major railway bridge at Qu
Vinh: 116 miles south of Hrnet
and then struck highway
bridge at Che Ken on eh.
way 7 about 16 miles from the
Laolion border. Both were
reported knocked out
Highway T is believed to be
a key roue by which mani-
Lions and other supplies are
moved to the Communist
Pathet Leo forces on the
Plain of Jars in Laos.
Throughout the Air Porce
strikes about 30 Sidewinder
mile-equipped F-100 and
-101 Jet Interceptors wheeled
overhead to oppose any MOs
which might attempt to in-
terfere. But no Air Force
planes were reported lost.
However, Communist China
declared eight planes were
shot down, boosting to 165 the
number of planes the Com
monists claim they have
downed since last August. By
American count the Skyhawk
ahos down yesterday was the
27th-U. B. and South Viet
namme-loat in raids on the
north
Radio Hanol also announced
resterday that North Viet
Nam protested to the Inter-
national Control Mission that
the raiders bon.bed and
atrafed populated areas in the
north of Nghe An Province
and on Hen Matt and, 20
miles offshore..
The downing of the two
1,400 me an hour F-105 last
U. S. Jels are equipped
with radar, but it is limited
compared to ground radar
systems
LAD
CAMBOGIA
AND
SAISON
Harald Trib
SOUTH
VIE
NAM
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However, it was reported
In Washingten that the car- BATTLEFRONTS Locat
rier Ranger, about 100 miles ing area of Hainan, desig
from Hainan, spotted the amated by burst, where U.S.
tacking MIOs en Its radar
yesterday and warned the and Red Chinese jete
Navy P-4s that the enemy fought, and Tam Da and
was within 20 miles
The fahter pilote radioed
report said, and
told the car-
rier the MiOs had Jettisoned
their external fuel tanks and
were pressing their attack.
The importance of the
North Vietnamese ground
radar has been noted by
American metals, rnd radar
stations in the
north have
been a prime target of U. .
and South Vietnamese raid-
ers in the past several weeks.
The U. S. also is reported
beefing up its terceptor
fleeta with speedy, maneuver-
able P-134 superasale Jela
Shortly after yesterday
strikes, U. B. Air Force of
nor at Da Nang disclosed
that the North Vietnamese
received
apparently have
inund-to-air misstles and
used them last Bunday dur-
ing a raid on Thanh Hoa, 6s
mlies south of Hanel
The efirer. Maj. James
A. Minist commander of
the isth Tactical Fighters
quadron said the missiles
apparently were an old-type
model dating back to World
War II with a maximum ef
fective ceiling of 3,000 feet
He said they apparently had
no homing device and were
Qu. Vinh, where American
planes bombed
bridges
.
Additional Marine con
tingents will be stationed
around Hue and Da Nang.
fired on a ballistic trajectory
Maj. Minish, of Yellowstone
National Park, Wye, said
there long have been todies-
tions the Russians have been
supplying this type of missile
to North Viet Nam.
Although yesterday's battle
eff Hainan was the first com-
bat clash since the Korean
War. American and Commu
Chinese planes have
dueled before.
The last reported incident
was on July 16, 1959 when
Chinese planes fired at a Navy
T-4 2 patrol plane off the
Chinese Communist coast and
woanded one American.
the
Red Chiza entered
Korean War on Oct. 26, 1950.
four months after Noeth
Keres invaded the Bouth. The
Chinese drove United Nations
forces south bus were forced
to retreat and the waren.
tered a relative stalemate. An
armistice was signed at Pan-
manjom July 27, 1953.
Date
1966, Apr. 10
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; MiG (Fighter planes); United States. Navy; MiG-17 (Jet fighter plane); China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun; Fighter plane combat
Location
Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates
10.8231; 106.6311
Container
B186
Format
newspaper clippings
Collection Number
MS 363
Collection Title
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator
Keever, Beverly Deepe
Collector
Keever, Beverly Deepe
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