Steven K. Dixon 2023
Above: Play test map. Below: Helping you in your attacks are various support units. Their job will be to reduce NV defensive fire as you make your attack. You could face small arms fire, AAA, SAMs and a possible MiG. Counters are playtest versions.
"THUNDECHIEF! The USAF's Air War over North Vietnam" is a game which puts the player in the cockpit of an F-105D Thunderchief fighter bomber flying missions with the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing. The 355th TFW was assigned to Takhli RTAB where the USAF operated as "guests" of the Republic of Thailand. The 355th TFW flew missions from late 1965 until the Rolling Thunder Campaign ended in 1968. Fighter pilots were rotated into the wing's fighter squadrons where they would fly 100 missions and then rotated home.
You play as an Air Force pilot flying strike missions against targets in North Vietnam. Your goal will be to survive a mission or a campaign.
Facing you will be a determined North Vietnamese force. It is possible you will face small arms fire, AAA, SAM launches, and encounters with MiGs.
You will have help. US Support Forces allow the player to attack NV defense forces before you attack your target. Their success could make your job easier."
You play as an Air Force pilot flying strike missions against targets in North Vietnam. Your goal will be to survive a mission or a campaign.
Facing you will be a determined North Vietnamese force. It is possible you will face small arms fire, AAA, SAM launches, and encounters with MiGs.
You will have help. US Support Forces allow the player to attack NV defense forces before you attack your target. Their success could make your job easier."
