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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. More than 20,000 tons of ordnance was dropped on military and ...
North Vietnamese claim: 47 aircraft shot down (26 MiG-21s, 5 MiG-19s and 16 MiG-17s) [9] 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 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. [15] Operation Linebacker II: 18 December 1972—29 December 1972. [16]
As early as World War II, the military tinkered with remote-controlled bombers.And ... Operation Field Goal, which ran between July 1972 and January 1973, involved F-4 fighters, C-130 transports ...
Torpedo launchers. ASROC. CHAFFROC. Chaparral SAM. 50-calibre machine guns. USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852) was a Gearing -class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Private First Class Leonard F. Mason USMC (1920–1944), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Battle of Guam.
In late-1972 the Nixon Administration ordered an all-out air offensive against North Vietnam. The bombing raids, codenamed Operation Linebacker II, began on 18 December 1972 involving heavy attacks by almost every strike aircraft the US had in theater, with the B-52 playing a prominent role. The initial plan scheduled attacks for three days.
The special patch will honor the 50th Anniversary of Operation Linebacker I & II from the Vietnam War, as part of the NFL’s special Salute to Service.
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