Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets...
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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...
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List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (section Operation Linebacker II)
Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, Thailand. The crew ejected safely.[m] Operation Linebacker II was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States...
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against North Vietnam utilizing B-52s and tactical aircraft in Operation Linebacker II, which began on December 18 with large raids against both Hanoi...
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revolution, the First Indochina War, the Vietnam War, Operations Rolling Thunder, Linebacker and Linebacker II and the air defense of Hanoi. The outdoor displays...
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last month of Operation Linebacker and all of the Operation Linebacker II bombing offensive against North Vietnam, conducted combat operations in Laos including...
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offensive against North Vietnam. The bombing raids, codenamed Operation Linebacker II, began on 18 December 1972 involving heavy attacks by almost every...
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north west of the country or into China. In December 1972, during Operation Linebacker II the North Vietnamese air defences used their supply of SAMs trying...
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may also refer to: Operation Linebacker, a U.S. military campaign conducted against North Vietnam Operation Linebacker II, a U.S. military campaign conducted...
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destroyed by hostile fire. The zenith of B-52 attacks in Vietnam was Operation Linebacker II (also known as the Christmas bombings), conducted from 18 to 29...
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Washington. It operated in the Vietnam War and participated in Operation Linebacker II (aka Christmas Bombings), credited as a MiG Killer on 18 December...
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Vietnam War (redirect from Operation POW)
Vietnam and force Hanoi back to the negotiating table, Nixon ordered Operation Linebacker II, a bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong in December 1972.: 649–663 Nixon...
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Proposed bombing of Vietnam's dikes (category Military operations of the Vietnam War)
Kissinger discussed bombing the dike network in a 1972 conversation on Operation Linebacker II, later published by Daniel Ellsberg: Nixon: We've got to quit thinking...
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the planes' defensive countermeasures (see Operation Linebacker II). By the conclusion of the Linebacker II campaign, the shootdown rate of the S-75 against...
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Bombings". Unlike the previous Operation Rolling Thunder and Operation Linebacker interdiction operations, Linebacker II would be a "maximum effort" bombing...
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face severe measures. On December 18, the United States began Operation Linebacker II, the most massive aerial bombardment ever made of North Vietnam...
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Vietnamese, of which the most popular was the 1985 film Rambo: First Blood Part II. The American historian John Hellman noted that such revenge fantasies were...
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3,500 beds and 4,300 staff. During Nixon's Christmas bombing, Operation Linebacker II, on December 22, 1972, American bombs struck the hospital, obliterating...
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441st Bombardment Squadron (section World War II)
aircrew for Operation Arc Light missions in Vietnam. It again deployed most of its planes and crews in 1972 to participate in Operation Linebacker II. The squadron...
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Surface-to-air missile (section World War II)
By the time of Operation Linebacker II in 1972, the Americans had gained critical information about the performance and operations of the S-75 (via...
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the offensive and the North Vietnamese returned to negotiations. Operation Linebacker II in mid to late December saw intensive bombing around Hanoi and...
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from 1970 to 1973. On the nights of 18–27 December 1972, during Operation Linebacker II (also referred to as the "Christmas Bombings"), then-Major Phạm...
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18 McElvain, James R Major USAF 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron Operation Linebacker II North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin Weapons systems officer on an F-111A...
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are essentially over. The charges are dropped the next day when Operation Linebacker II is ordered by President Richard M. Nixon, and the unauthorized...
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu (category Battles and operations of the First Indochina War)
in the second verse of the song. Vietnam portal Rats of Nam Yum Operation Linebacker II, known as "the Aerial Dien Bien Phu" in Vietnam Boylan & Olivier...
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over the Thai Nguyen railroad yards. Both actions occurred during Operation Linebacker II, also known as the Christmas Bombings. These air-to-air kills were...
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Carpet bombing (section During World War II)
in-flight refueling. The zenith of B-52 attacks in Vietnam was Operation Linebacker II (sometimes referred to as the Christmas Bombing) which consisted...
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apply military force not involving ground troops, culminating in Operation Linebacker II. The process of Vietnamization was partly influenced by Nixon’s...
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Americans were also captured during Operation Linebacker between May and October 1972 and Operation Linebacker II in December 1972, also known as the...
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demonstrate his seriousness to Thiệu, Nixon ordered the heavy Operation Linebacker II bombings of North Vietnam in December 1972. Nixon also attempted...
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