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Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings and, in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu in the air, [a] was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from 18 December to 29 December 1972, during the Vietnam War.
A total of 414 sorties were flown on the first day of the operation, 120 by the Air Force and 294 by the Navy and they encountered the heaviest single day of air-to-air combat during the Vietnam War. The U.S claimed 11 VPAF MiGs (four MiG-21s and seven MiG-17s) and two Air Force F-4s shot down. [49]
Date duration Operation name Unit(s) – description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 1965–72: Operation Footboy [1]: MACVSOG covert operations in North Vietnam and North Vietnamese waters for the purpose of collecting intelligence, conducting psychological warfare operations, and other activities to create dissension among the populace, and for diversion of North Vietnamese resources
Operation Rolling Thunder: 2 March 1965—2 November 1968. [6] Operation Steel Tiger: 3 April 1965—11 November 1968. [7] Operation Arc Light: 18 June 1965—15 August 1973. [8] Operation Tiger Hound: 5 December 1965—11 November 1968. [9] Operation Commando Hunt: 11 November 1968—29 March 1972. [10] Operation Niagara: January 1968—March ...
1972 saw the commencement of Operation Linebacker II, a combined Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial bombing campaign, conducted against targets in North Vietnam during the final period of US involvement in the Vietnam War. Linebacker II was conducted from 18 to 29 December 1972, leading to several informal names such as "The ...
A reception honoring local Vietnam veterans will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The museum offers free admission, open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays. The facility is also open by appointment by ...
Yott, who lives in Bath, is combining those two interests to put together a compilation of personal stories from Vietnam War veterans in advance of the 50th anniversary of the 1975 end of the ...
Operation Linebacker II: North Vietnam, Hanoi: Gunner on a B-52D #56-0622 hit by an SA-2, 2 crewmen ejected and were captured, the remains of two other crewmen were returned in 2003 and 2004 [107] Presumptive finding of death [3] December 20: Stuart, John F: Major: USAF: 348th Bombardment Squadron: Operation Linebacker II: North Vietnam, Hanoi