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209 Bearcats, 60,000 Sorties, 1 Lost War: France’s Forgotten Air War in Vietnam

The Grumman Bearcat was built to stop kamikazes, but its greatest battles came in the jungles of Indochina. Flown by French pilots against the Viet Minh, it dropped napalm, flew 60,000 sorties, and ...