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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 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 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
Roger Clinton Locher (born September 13, 1946) [3] is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Air Force and a former McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II Navigator/Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) and subsequent Pilot who, during Operation Linebacker in the Vietnam War, was shot down only 40 miles (64 km) from Hanoi, North Vietnam. [4]
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 ...
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 ...
The two F-111A squadrons arrived to support the last month of Operation Linebacker and all of the Operation Linebacker II bombing offensive against North Vietnam, conducted combat operations in Laos including support of Operation Phou Phiang II and Operation Phou Phiang III using the F-111A's beacon bombing capability in the defense of Long ...
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.