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  2. 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. [4]

  3. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - Wikipedia

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    B-52s are periodically refurbished at USAF maintenance depots such as Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. [225] Even while the USAF works on the new Long Range Strike Bomber , it intends to keep the B-52H in service until 2050, which is 95 years after the B-52 first entered service, an unprecedented length of service for any aircraft, civilian or ...

  4. List of aircraft losses of the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    [6] 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) [7] Of the 2,750 [8] aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships [9] and 68 returned to the United States [10]). In total, the US, South Vietnam and Australia, lost about 12,500 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs.

  5. List of Vietnam War games - Wikipedia

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    Eve of Destruction Vietnam (Mod) 2004 Microsoft Windows: Eve of Destruction 2 (Mod) 2007 Microsoft Windows: Operation Flashpoint: Unsung Vietnam War mod 2004 Microsoft Windows: Bohemia Interactive, Unsung team The 'Nam: Vietnam Combat Operations (Mod) 2020 Microsoft Windows: Tiger Yan Vietnam '65 (Mod) 2017 Microsoft Windows: Lightning's team

  6. Operation Arc Light - Wikipedia

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    B-52s were instrumental in destroying enemy concentrations besieging Khe Sanh in 1968, [2] and in 1972 at An Loc and Kontum. Bombs from B-52 Arc Light strike exploding. Arc Light was re-activated at Andersen on February 8, 1972, when President Richard Nixon resumed bombing of North Vietnam in an effort to move peace talks along. Operation ...

  7. US to deploy B-52s, warships to Middle East as aircraft ... - AOL

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    The United States said on Friday it will deploy B-52 bombers, fighter jets, refueling aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East, in a readjustment of military assets as the Abraham Lincoln ...

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

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    B-52s at Andersen AFB, Guam during Operation Linebacker II. Operation Linebacker II was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from 18 to 29 December 1972, as part of the Vietnam War. This operation was a particularly dangerous and destructive two weeks for the B-52 and its crews.

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