North American T-28 Trojan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Vietnam War combat=== [[File:USAF T-28 VNAF colours 1962.jpg|thumb|[[RVNAF]] T-28Cs over Vietnam]] In 1963, a [[Royal Lao Air Force]] T-28 piloted by Lieutenant Chert Saibory, a Thai national, defected to [[North Vietnam]]. Saibory was immediately imprisoned and his aircraft was impounded. Within six months the T-28 was refurbished and commissioned into the [[Vietnam People's Air Force|North Vietnamese Air Force]] as its first fighter aircraft.<ref>Toperczer 2001, pp. 8β9.</ref> Lt. Saibory later trained NVAF pilot Nguyen Van Ba in the operation of the T-28, where Nguyen flew the T-28 in its first successful interception against an SVNAF [[Fairchild C-123 Provider|C-123 Provider]] on 15 February, 1964, earning the NVAF its first-ever aerial victory.<ref>Toperczer 2015, pp. 18β19.</ref> T-28s were supplied to the [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] (RVNAF) in support of [[ARVN]] ground operations, seeing extensive service during the [[Vietnam War]] in RVNAF hands, as well as the [[Laotian Civil War|Secret War]] in [[Laos]]. A T-28 Trojan was the first US fixed wing attack aircraft (non-transport type) lost in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Capt. Robert L. Simpson, USAF, Detachment 2A, [[1st Special Operations Wing|1st Air Commando Group]], and Lt. Hoa, RVNAF, were shot down by ground fire on August 28, 1962 while flying close air support. Neither crewman survived. The USAF lost 23 T-28s to all causes during the war, with the last two losses occurring in 1968.<ref>Hobson 2001, p. 12.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page