Re: U.S. aircraft in Vietnam appear to have been extremely vulnerable to AAA
Felix C,
I don't think the losses were because of any inherent vulnerability of the aircraft. It was probably more the large number of sorties and the fact that most were at low level. The USAF alone flew some 5.25 million sorties during the war and the loss rate was about .4 per 1000, which was much better than the rate in WW2 or Korea.
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