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...

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

buildup of American airpower to support ARVN defensive operations and to conduct Operation Linebacker, the first offensive bombing of North Vietnam since...

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

air offensive, initially code named Freedom Train, later becoming Operation Linebacker, with relatively few restrictions on targets that could be hit. At...

shortly after takeoff from the base. The aircraft was on a bombing Operation Linebacker mission to Vietnam. The investigation determined an improperly secured...

linebacker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A linebacker is a position in American and Canadian football. Linebacker may also refer to: Operation Linebacker...

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...

damaging the dam itself.: 251  The squadrons also participated in Operation Linebacker II in December 1972, flying primarily as chaff bombers and strike...

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

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...

withdrawals continued, but American airpower responded, beginning Operation Linebacker, and the offensive was halted.: 606–637  The war was central to the...

Operation Phantom Linebacker was a military operation in Iraq carried out jointly by Coalition forces and the Iraqi military to reinforce the Iraq–Syria...

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

Officer (WSO) and subsequent Pilot who, during the Vietnam War and Operation Linebacker, was shot down only 40 miles (64 km) from Hanoi, North Vietnam. The...

the Operation Rolling Thunder in 1968, with the U.S. Air Force (USAF), becoming one of their main missile armaments. Up until Operation Linebacker in 1972...

April 1970. Operation Freedom Deal: 19 May 1970—15 August 1973. Operation Linebacker I: 9 May 1972—23 October 1972. Operation Linebacker II: 18 December...

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

as Operation Custom Tailor. In June 1972, New York Times reporter Fox Butterfield, who was aboard the ship, detailed its role in Operation Linebacker. "Along...

United States Navy's A-6B Intruder being amongst these pioneers; Operation Linebacker intentionally incorporated SEAD actions to improve the survivability...

Offensive), which had resulted in the United States countering with "Operation Linebacker," a significant air bombing campaign that blunted the North's drive...

Starting with "Operation Linebacker" by former governor Rick Perry, the State of Texas has been launching border security operations with increasing...

participated in the final month of Operation Linebacker and later flew 154 low-level missions in the Operation Linebacker II aerial offensive against the...

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...

Vietnamese air power. One result of the offensive was the launching of Operation Linebacker, the first sustained bombing of North Vietnam by the U.S. since November...

12 O'Donnell, Samuel Captain USAF 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Operation Linebacker North Vietnam, Quảng Bình Province Weapons systems officer on an...

participated in Operation Linebacker II, an intensified version of Linebacker. February–May 1973: Squadron aircraft flew air support for Operation End Sweep...

USS Kitty Hawk. During his deployment with VA-52, Smith took part in Operation Linebacker, the first continuous bombing effort conducted against North Vietnam...

of Americans were also captured during Operation Linebacker between May and October 1972 and Operation Linebacker II in December 1972, also known as the...

has 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...