MiG-17_over_Vietnam_c1972.jpg
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Summary
| Description | A North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-17 photographed during a dogfight with a U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B Phantom II from Fighter Squadron VF-161 Chargers . VF-161 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 5 (CVW-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) for a deployment to Vietnam from 10 April 1972 to 8 March 1973. |
| Date | circa 1972-1973 |
| Source | U.S. Navy photo [1] available on midwaysailor.com |
| Author | Bud Taylor, VF-161, USN |
![[1]](http://www.midwaysailor.com/budtaylor/budtaylor-038a.jpg){kind=link}
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