File:MiG-17 shot down by F-105D 3 June 1967.jpg

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Description A North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is hit by 20 mm shells from a U.S. Air Force Republic F-105D Thunderchief piloted by Major Ralph Kuster Jr. from the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Figther Wing, on 3 June 1967.
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current17:18, 4 November 2022Thumbnail for version as of 17:18, 4 November 20222,109 × 2,949 (3.38 MB)HohumReworked from original.
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01:25, 5 June 2010Thumbnail for version as of 01:25, 5 June 20102,174 × 3,000 (3.76 MB)Tm{{Information |Description={{en|1=Death of a MIG. Firing his 20mm cannon at point-blank range, Major Kuster hits the left wing of the MIG near the fuselage and it bursts into flames. The major's F-105 passed 15 - 20 feet below the flaming MIG.}} |Source
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