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October 15, 1969 - Hundreds of thousands of people attend mass protests across the United States for the United States to withdraw from the Vietnam War. November 15, 1969 - A second, larger protest takes place in Washington D.C., with an estimated 500,000 people. December 1, 1969 - The first draft lottery since 1942 is held.
United States Air Force [ edit ] All told, the U.S. Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties over South Vietnam, North Vietnam, northern and southern Laos, and Cambodia, losing 2,251 aircraft: 1,737 to hostile action, and 514 in accidents. 2,197 of the losses were fixed-wing, and the remainder rotary-wing.
The bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War were the longest and heaviest aerial bombardment in history. The United States Air Force, the U. S. Navy, and U. S. Marine Corps aviation dropped 7,662,000 tons of explosives. By comparison, U. S. forces dropped a total of 2,150,000 tons of bombs in all theaters of World War II.
The following is a list of United States aerial victories of the Vietnam War.While U.S. sources claimed 195 North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Air Force aircraft were shot down in air to air combat, the North Vietnamese claim that only 134 aircraft were lost.
On 18 September 1947, the Army Air Forces became the United States Air Force as a separate and equal element of the United States Armed Forces. The fledgling Air Force quickly established its own identity. [15] [16] Army Air Fields were renamed Air Force Bases and personnel were soon being issued new uniforms with new rank insignia. Once the ...
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) against North Vietnam, China and North Korea from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War.
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the United States Air Force in the Vietnam War" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War (1 C, 407 P) Pages in category "United States Air Force in the Vietnam War" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.