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Sky of Fire: B-52s Torn Apart by MiG-21s in Vietnam’s Deadliest Air BattleIt's November 1971. and American air raids against North Vietnam are suspended. But, the war is still far from being over.
Moore joined the ranks of legends in the B-52 community. Specifically, Moore became one of only two B-52 crewmembers in the entire Vietnam War who managed to shoot down an attacking MiG-21.
The B-52 was a "flying bomb," Wallingford said. It had 312,000 pounds of fuel and 70,000 pounds of bombs. "You get hit by a surface-to-air missile, and your odds aren't good," Wallingford said.
Retired U.S. Air Force Major Don Harten, known as a River Rat, shared his story of surviving a secret B-52 raid and over 300 ...
Operation Linebacker II saw more than 200 American B-52 bombers fly 730 sorties and drop over 20,000 tons of bombs on North Vietnam over a period of 12 days in December 1972.
He was later deployed to Guam in the Vietnam War where he worked with the B-52—a long-range reconnaissance bomber. (Courtesy/Jeremy P. Amick) Advertisement ...
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10 movies that defined the Vietnam War on the big screen - MSNThe Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and has led filmmakers for the half-century since to reckon with its complicated legacy. These 10 ...
The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago on April 30, ... A U.S. Air Force B-52 delivers a bomb load of more than 38,000 pounds in South Vietnam in March 1966 during the Vietnam War.
With some irony, the B-52 participated in massive conventional bombing raids during the Vietnam War. China represents an important, growing challenge to both nations.
The 1980s saw a wave of Hollywood films about Vietnam, including “First Blood,” “Hamburger Hill,” “Good Morning Vietnam,” “Casualties of War” and “Born on the Fourth of July.” ...
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