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  2. Operation Arc Light - Wikipedia

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    Arc Light missions continued until the cessation of hostilities by U.S. forces on August 15, 1973. Between June 1965 and August 1973, 126,615 sorties (B-52D/F/G) were flown over Southeast Asia. During those operations, the U.S. Air Force lost 31 B-52s; 18 were lost from hostile fire over North Vietnam and 13 from operational causes. [citation ...

  3. Operation Linebacker II - Wikipedia

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    Three B-52's were shot down by the 68 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) launched by North Vietnamese batteries, two B-52Gs from Andersen and a B-52D from U-Tapao. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Two of the B-52's were shot down over North Vietnam, while the third aircraft made it back to Thailand before crashing {"The 11 Days of Christmas" Marshall L. Michell III ...

  4. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - Wikipedia

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    The B-52D was a dedicated long-range bomber without a reconnaissance option. The Big Belly modifications allowed the B-52D to carry heavy loads of conventional bombs for carpet bombing over Vietnam, [248] while the Rivet Rambler modification added the Phase V ECM systems, which was better

  5. List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    B-52D, 1957–1971; B-52G, 1970–1986; B-52H, 1986–1994 325th Bombardment Squadron 326th Bombardment Squadron (B-52D) (Reassigned to 4141 SW in 1961) 327th Bombardment Squadron (B-52D) (Reassigned to 4170 SW in 1961) Became 92nd Air Refueling Wing in 1994. 93rd Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Castle AFB, California

  6. Inside Vietnam’s Forgotten Drone War - AOL

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    Strategic Air Command deployed 152 eight-engine B-52D and B-52G bombers to Guam and another 54 to U Tapao airfield in Thailand, then the main Lightning Bug base, to complement a huge force of ...

  7. B-52 Victory Museum, Hanoi - Wikipedia

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    The B-52 Victory Museum, Hanoi or Bảo Tàng Chiến Thắng B.52 is located at 157 Đội Cấn, Ba Đình district, Hanoi.. The museum comprises one main building with displays on the history of the Vietnamese revolution, the First Indochina War, the Vietnam War, Operations Rolling Thunder, Linebacker and Linebacker II and the air defense of Hanoi.

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-52 ...

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    On 18 November, a B-52D (tail number 55‑0103, call sign "Cream 2") from the 346th Bombardment Squadron of the 99th Bombardment Wing attached to the 306th Bombardment Wing on a flight to Vietnam crashed at Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan (home base of 4252d Strategic Wing the aircraft was attached to). The aircraft crashed and burned after an ...

  9. 1968 Kadena Air Base B-52 crash - Wikipedia

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    The United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52D Stratofortress (serial number 55-0103) of the 4252d Strategic Wing had a full bomb load and broke up and caught fire after the aircraft aborted takeoff at Kadena Air Base while it was conducting an Operation Arc Light bombing mission to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.