Air War Hanoi

Air War Hanoi
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Publisher : Blandford
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015046836378
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Air War Hanoi by : Robert F. Dorr

Om Vietnamkrigen som den forløb i luftmilitær henseende set fra amerikansk side. Der fortælles om de vigtigste fly og om personer, der deltog i kampene, samt om de våben, der udvikledes under krigen.

Clashes

Clashes
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Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1591145198
ISBN-13 : 9781591145196
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Clashes by : Marshall L. Michel, III

This classic work-part of the Marine Corps reading list-makes full use of declassified U.S. documents to offer the first comprehensive study of fighter combat over North Vietnam. Marshall Michel's balanced, exhaustive coverage describes and analyzes both Air Force and Navy engagements with North Vietnamese MiGs but also includes discussions of the SAM threat and U.S. countermeasures, laser-guided bombs, and U.S. attempts to counter the MiG threat with a variety of technological equipment. Accessible yet professional, the book is filled with valuable lessons learned that are as valid today as they were in the 1960s and 1970s. Some 29 photos and 33 drawings and maps, including diagrams of both American and North Vietnamese formations and tactics, are included.

Splash One

Splash One
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Publisher : Potomac Books Incorporated
Total Pages : 322
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0080405673
ISBN-13 : 9780080405674
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Splash One by : Walter Kross

FICTION-GENERAL

Operation Linebacker II 1972

Operation Linebacker II 1972
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 97
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781472827593
ISBN-13 : 1472827597
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Operation Linebacker II 1972 by : Marshall Michel III

After the failed April 1972 invasion of South Vietnam and the heavy US tactical bombing raids in the Hanoi area, the North Vietnamese agreed to return to the Paris peace talks, yet very quickly these negotiations stalled. In an attempt to end the war quickly and 'persuade' the North Vietnamese to return to the negotiating table, President Nixon ordered the Air Force to send the US' ultimate conventional weapon, the B-52 bomber, against their capital, Hanoi. Bristling with the latest Soviet air defence missiles, it was the most heavily defended target in Vietnam. Taking place in late December, this campaign was soon dubbed the 'Christmas Bombings'. Using specially commissioned artwork and maps, ex-USAF fighter colonel Marshall Michel describes Linebacker II, the climax of the air war over Vietnam, and history's only example of how America's best Cold War bombers performed against contemporary Soviet air defences.

Naval Air War

Naval Air War
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 76
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1539775895
ISBN-13 : 9781539775898
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Naval Air War by : U. S. Department Navy

Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during one of the longest sustained aerial bombing campaigns in history. And it would be a failure. The U.S. Navy proved essential to the conduct of Rolling Thunder and by capitalizing on the inherent flexibility and mobility of naval forces, the Seventh Fleet operated with impunity for three years off the coast of North Vietnam. The success with which the Navy executed the later Operation Linebacker campaign against North Vietnam in 1972 revealed how much the service had learned from and exploited the Rolling Thunder experience of 1965-1968.

Operation Linebacker I 1972

Operation Linebacker I 1972
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 97
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781472827548
ISBN-13 : 1472827546
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Operation Linebacker I 1972 by : Marshall Michel III

At Easter 1972, North Vietnam invaded the South, and there were almost no US ground troops left to stop it. But air power reinforcements could be rushed to the theater. Operation Linebacker's objective was to destroy the invading forces from the air and cut North Vietnam's supply routes – and luckily in 1972, American air power was beginning a revolution in both technology and tactics. Most crucial was the introduction of the first effective laser-guided bombs, but the campaign also involved the fearsome AC-130 gunship and saw the debut of helicopter-mounted TOW missiles. Thanks to the new Top Gun fighter school, US naval aviators now also had a real advantage over the MiGs. This is the fascinating story of arguably the world's first “modern” air campaign. It explains how this complex operation – involving tactical aircraft, strategic bombers, close air support and airlift – defeated the invasion. It also explains the shortcomings of the campaign, the contrasting approaches of the USAF and Navy, and the impact that Linebacker had on modern air warfare.

Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975

Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 554
Release :
ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112048195835
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975 by : Bernard C. Nalty

Rolling Thunder 1965–68

Rolling Thunder 1965–68
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 94
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781472823212
ISBN-13 : 1472823214
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Rolling Thunder 1965–68 by : Richard P. Hallion

Operation Rolling Thunder was the campaign that was meant to keep South Vietnam secure, and dissuade the North from arming and supplying the Viet Cong. It pitted the world's strongest air forces against the MiGs and missiles of a small Soviet client state. But the US airmen who flew Rolling Thunder missions were crippled by a badly thought-out strategy, rampant political interference in operational matters, and aircraft optimised for Cold War nuclear strikes rather than conventional warfare. Ironically, Rolling Thunder was one of the most influential episodes of the Cold War – its failure spurring the 1970s US renaissance in professionalism, fighter design, and combat pilot training. Dr Richard P. Hallion, one of America's most eminent air power experts, explains how Rolling Thunder was conceived and fought, and why it became shorthand for how not to fight an air campaign.

Gradual failure : the air war over North Vietnam 1965-1966

Gradual failure : the air war over North Vietnam 1965-1966
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Total Pages : 400
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781428990180
ISBN-13 : 1428990186
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Gradual failure : the air war over North Vietnam 1965-1966 by : Jacob Van Staaveren

Of the many facets of the American war in Southeast Asia debated by U.S. authorities in Washington, by the military services and the public, none has proved more controversial than the air war against North Vietnam. The air war s inauguration with the nickname Rolling Thunder followed an eleven-year American effort to induce communist North Vietnam to sign a peace treaty without openly attacking its territory. Thus, Rolling Thunder was a new military program in what had been a relatively low-key attempt by the United States to win the war within South Vietnam against insurgent communist Viet Cong forces, aided and abetted by the north. The present volume covers the first phase of the Rolling Thunder campaign from March 1965 to late 1966. It begins with a description of the planning and execution of two initial limited air strikes, nicknamed Flaming Dart I and II. The Flaming Dart strikes were carried out against North Vietnam in February 1965 as the precursors to a regular, albeit limited, Rolling Thunder air program launched the following month. Before proceeding with an account of Rolling Thunder, its roots are traced in the events that compelled the United States to adopt an anti-communist containment policy in Southeast Asia after the defeat of French forces by the communist Vietnamese in May 1954.

Like Rolling Thunder

Like Rolling Thunder
Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 246
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0742543021
ISBN-13 : 9780742543027
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Like Rolling Thunder by : Ronald Bruce Frankum

In this insightful and lively book, distinguished scholar Ronald Frankum, Jr. captures the full extent of the struggle. The first brief overview of the air war in Vietnam, Like Rolling Thunder examines each theatre of operation--South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.