Phuc Yen, 10 miles north of Hanoi, and one of the largest air bases in North Vietnam, is smashed by U.S. fighter-bombers. During the attack, a MiG was shot down, bringing the total to 47 enemy aircraft shot down since the beginning of the North Vietnamese offensive. At this point in the war, 18 U.S. planes had been shot down by MiGs.
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Sep 2, 1972:
47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down
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This Week in History, Sep 2 - Sep 8
- Sep 02, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh dies
- Sep 02, 1972
- 47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down
- Sep 03, 1950
- U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group arrives in Saigon
- Sep 03, 1967
- Thieu-Ky ticket wins national election
- Sep 04, 1967
- Marines in heavy fighting
- Sep 04, 1969
- Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh
- Sep 05, 1969
- Calley charged for My Lai massacre
- Sep 05, 1970
- U.S. forces launch last major American operation of the war
- Sep 06, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee
- Sep 06, 1972
- Thieu abolishes popular elections
- Sep 07, 1965
- Marines launch Operation Piranha
- Sep 07, 1967
- McNamara Line announced
- Sep 08, 1954
- SEATO established
- Sep 08, 1968
- ARVN general killed
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