Soviet officer who 'shot down McCain over Vietnam' speaks out

RIA Novosti ^ | 17/ 11/ 2008 | unknown

[winoneforthegipper]

"We were preparing to leave when the sirens sounded again," he said. "Two American F-4 Phantoms flew in. We had two missiles out of six left. The Vietnamese fired first. Their rocket missed, it fell into the jungle. One plane went round the hill, the other came over the bridge. We fired at this one."

[winoneforthegipper]

The account seems legit...interesting recount of events!

[ducdriver]

Another Commie that’s glad McCain lost.

[neodad]

McCain was an A-4 pilot. I think this is BS.

[NonValueAdded]

Except McCain was flying an A-4 Skyhawk, no?

[tumblindice]

“Two American F-4 Phantoms”
I thought he was driving an A-4 Skyhawk.

[newbolt]

Nice story but McCain was flying an A-4 Skyhawk not an F-4 Phantom.

[WildcatClan]

You’re right he was flying an A-4 Skyhawk. Russians tend to be FOS.

[tumblindice]

“My wife was there and saw the whole thing, da—mebbe you know her: Morgana Fairchildsky?” Yury Trushyekin

[winoneforthegipper]

Correct his weapon was an A-4 not sure I would assume a translation error if the story is true.

[SCPatriot77]

That is correct. McCain flew a Douglas A4 Skyhawk. I have doubts that an air defense officer would confuse an F4 and an A4.

[Skooz]

LOL

[texas booster]

There has never been any official acknowledgment that Soviet soldiers served in Vietnam on the side of the communist North Vietnamese in the 1960s and 1970s. However, Trushyekin, currently in a hospital in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg, had no qualms about speaking about his time in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

"I got to Vietnam at the time when there were mixed units with Vietnamese," he said, adding that he had served as an officer in a missile unit.

My father said that we regularly overheard Russian technicians in Vietnam manning their missile sites.

Lying Commies.

[bmwcyle]

Russian officers can tell the difference between and A-4 and a F-4. Bull Crap!!!

[pillut48]

So McCain is ‘this one’ and Obama ‘THE ONE’?

Okey dokey!

[ducdriver]

You are right, an A-4E.

[WayneS]

You beat me to it!

mcCain flew A4 Intruders!

[WayneS]

Skyhawk, dummy. the Intruder was the A6!

[Travis T. OJustice]

Correct his weapon was an A-4 not sure I would assume a translation error if the story is true.

What part of Phanton translates to Shyhawk?

[Doohickey]

Cool. Except that McCain didn’t fly the F-4. And there’s no mistaking an F-4 for A-4 from any angle.

[tumblindice]

Several of us jumped on that, like ducks on a june bug.