The MiG-21 Mongols were trainers and fitted with two-seat tandem cockpits for student and instructor at the cost of fuel and endurance, appearing in three main sub-variants. The MiG-21U (Mongol) was a trainer based on the MiG-21F-13. The MiG-21US (Mongol-B) followed suit as did the MiG-21UM (also Mongol-B).he MiG-21 performed adequately enough as her pilots were relatively new to the ins-and-outs of the aircraft. The Fishbeds first aerial kill would have to wait until the two nations met up again in the Indo-Pak War of 1971 - where a MiG-21 downed a Chengdu F-essentially the Chinese license-built MiG-19 Farmer.
It was 50 years ago today that a joint session of Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, an act that led to the Vietnam Warâs escalation and the eventual passage of another act seeking to curb presidential powers.Gulf of Tonkin incident.Source: U.S. Navy.The incident between the USS Maddox and several North Vietnamese torpedo boats remains hazy today. On August 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson told a national audience that the North Vietnamese had engaged the U.S. Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin.ource: U.S. Navy. The incident between the USS Maddox and several North Vietnamese torpedo boats remains hazy today. On August 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson told a national audience that the North Vietnamese had engaged the U.S. Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Harry S. Truman sent troops into bloody battles in Korea without asking Congress to declare war. Lyndon B. Johnson proposed no time limits in the Gulf of Tonkin resolution during Vietnam. Bill Clinton waged the Kosovo war without congressional authorization.