Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets...

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...

Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, Thailand. The crew ejected safely.[m] Operation Linebacker II was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States...

against North Vietnam utilizing B-52s and tactical aircraft in Operation Linebacker II, which began on December 18 with large raids against both Hanoi...

revolution, the First Indochina War, the Vietnam War, Operations Rolling Thunder, Linebacker and Linebacker II and the air defense of Hanoi. The outdoor displays...

last month of Operation Linebacker and all of the Operation Linebacker II bombing offensive against North Vietnam, conducted combat operations in Laos including...

offensive against North Vietnam. The bombing raids, codenamed Operation Linebacker II, began on 18 December 1972 involving heavy attacks by almost every...

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...

may also refer to: Operation Linebacker, a U.S. military campaign conducted against North Vietnam Operation Linebacker II, a U.S. military campaign conducted...

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...

Washington. It operated in the Vietnam War and participated in Operation Linebacker II (aka Christmas Bombings), credited as a MiG Killer on 18 December...

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...

Bombings". Unlike the previous Operation Rolling Thunder and Operation Linebacker interdiction operations, Linebacker II would be a "maximum effort" bombing...

he went on to support the American Christmas bombing campaign (Operation Linebacker II) in December 1972. The governments of Italy, Sweden, France, Belgium...

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...

2007). "Patterns and Predictability: The Soviet Evaluation of Operation Linebacker II" (PDF). Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 20 (4): 559–607. doi:10...

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...

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...

the planes' defensive countermeasures (see Operation Linebacker II). By the conclusion of the Linebacker II campaign, the shootdown rate of the S-75 against...

face severe measures. On December 18, the United States began Operation Linebacker II, the most massive aerial bombardment ever made of North Vietnam...

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...

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...

the co-pilot of Charcoal 01, the first B-52 shot down during Operation Linebacker II". The Aviation Geek Club. Retrieved December 20, 2019. "2000 Legend...

apply military force not involving ground troops, culminating in Operation Linebacker II. The process of Vietnamization was partly influenced by Nixon’s...

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...

are essentially over. The charges are dropped the next day when Operation Linebacker II is ordered by President Richard M. Nixon, and the unauthorized...

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...

the offensive and the North Vietnamese returned to negotiations. Operation Linebacker II in mid to late December saw intensive bombing around Hanoi and...

Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 9781782006992. Elward, Brad (2012). US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965-70. Osprey Publishing. pp. 7–9. ISBN 9781782006589. Marolda...

in-flight refueling. The zenith of B-52 attacks in Vietnam was Operation Linebacker II (sometimes referred to as the Christmas Bombing) which consisted...