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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 from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War.
On 2 March 1965, the United States Government launched Operation Rolling Thunder, a major bombing campaign, with several objectives.Firstly, the operation was supposed to retaliate against North Vietnam for their military activities inside South Vietnam, thereby raising the morale of the South Vietnamese people, especially the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
Operation Rolling Thunder [4] USAF, U.S. Navy and RVNAF sustained and escalating bombing campaign of North Vietnam to destroy military infrastructure, interdict supply routes and undermine the North's willingness to continue the war: North Vietnam: 20,000 est. 835 Mar 11 – 1972: Operation Market Time [5]
Rolling Thunder is a 1977 American psychological thriller film directed by John Flynn, with a screenplay by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould, based on a story by Schrader. It was produced by Norman T. Herman, with Lawrence Gordon serving as executive producer.
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FORT LIBERTY — The Marines aren’t in town for their semi-annual field artillery exercise known as Operation Rolling Thunder, but Fort Liberty’s own artillery units are sounding off this ...
Risner's squadron led the first Rolling Thunder strike on March 2, bombing an ammunition dump at Xom Biang approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the Demilitarized Zone. The strike force consisted of more than 100 F-105, F-100 and B-57 aircraft, and in the congested airspace, heavy anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) fire seriously disrupted its ...
This annual crackdown is called Operation Rolling Thunder, and the police demand perfection. Any infraction, no matter how minor, can lead to a roadside interrogation and warrantless search.