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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 ...
The aircraft may also be the second B-52 to be claimed as a air-to-air victory for the MiG-21 This would correspond to Vu Xuan Thieu firing a K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAM from his MiG-21 based at Cam Thuy. The MiG-21 was also destroyed by the explosion. It is claimed that Vu Xuan Thieu deliberately rammed the B-52.
Neil Sheehan, war correspondent, writing before the mass attacks on heavily populated cities including North Vietnam's capital. On 22 November 1972, a B-52D (55-110) from U-Tapao was hit by a SAM while on a raid over Vinh. The crew was forced to abandon the damaged aircraft over Thailand. This was the first B-52 destroyed by hostile fire. The zenith of B-52 attacks in Vietnam was Operation ...
Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from December 18 to December 29, 1972, during the Vietnam War. More than 20,000 tons of ordnance was dropped on military and industrial areas in Hanoi and Haiphong and at ...
During Operation Arc Light (sometimes Arclight) from 1965 to 1973, the United States Air Force deployed B-52 Stratofortresses from bases in the U.S. Territory of Guam to provide battlefield air interdiction during the Vietnam War. This included strikes at enemy bases, supply routes, and behind the lines troop concentrations, as well as ...
All statistics correct as of 29 June 2024. The 2023–24 V.League 2, known as the Gold Star V.League 2 (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Hạng Nhất Quốc gia Bia Sao Vàng 2023–24) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of V. League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 21 October 2023 and ended on ...
The Sayyd Alma Kalayy airstrike was a major friendly fire incident via airstrike during the Invasion of Afghanistan.It happened on December 5, 2001 when a U.S. soldier responsible for calling in airstrikes accidentally misguided the Boeing B-52 bomber to strike a hill held by American Special Forces and dozens of their Afghan allies.
The 2020 V.League 2 (referred to as LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 5 June 2020 and finished on 31 October 2020. For this season, there is only 1 promotion and 1 relegation spots due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ...