Fly By Knights

<p> By the time of the Vietnam War the U.S. military had transitioned to jet aircraft. Yet leaders soon learned prop-driven planes could still play a role in counterinsurgency warfare. World War II-era Douglas B-26 light bombers proved effective in close air support and interdiction beginning with Operation Farm Gate in 1961. Forty B-26s were remanufactured as improved A-26 attack aircraft which destroyed hundreds of North Vietnamese supply vehicles on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 1966-1969. The personal recollections of 37 pilots navigators maintenance and armament personnel and family members tell the harrowing story of B-26 and A-26 Air Commando Wing combat operations in Vietnam and Laos.</p>