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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.
Operation Linebacker was the codename of a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 air interdiction campaign conducted against North Vietnam from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War .
Operation Keystone Pelican [3] Redeployment of miscellaneous units from South Vietnam to the United States: 20 Oct - Dec: Operation Enhance Plus: Transfer of equipment and bases from U.S. to South Vietnam: Dec 18 – 29: Operation Linebacker II [3] U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and ...
Operation Niagara: January 1968—March 1968. [11] Operation Menu (consisting of Operations Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, Dinner, Dessert, and Supper): 18 March 1969—26 May 1970. [12] Operation Patio: 24 April 1970—29 April 1970. [13] Operation Freedom Deal: 19 May 1970—15 August 1973. [14] Operation Linebacker I: 9 May 1972—23 October 1972 ...
December 1972: Squadron aircraft participated in Operation Linebacker II, an intensified version of Linebacker. February–May 1973: Squadron aircraft flew air support for Operation End Sweep, the clearing of mines from North Vietnamese waters. A-6A Intruders from VA-196 dropping Mark 82 bombs over Vietnam, 1968–1969.
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
Operation Field Goal, which ran between July 1972 and January 1973, involved F-4 fighters, C-130 transports, B-52 bombers, and Model 147 drones dropping 94 million leaflets per month for a grand ...
President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discussed bombing the dike network in a 1972 conversation on Operation Linebacker II, later published by Daniel Ellsberg: Nixon: We've got to quit thinking in terms of a three-day strike [in the Hanoi-Haiphong area].