Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings and, in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu in the air, [a] was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets …

Dec 29, 2020 · Linebacker I had been mounted in response to the earlier 1972 Easter Offensive, the North Vietnamese Army’s sudden invasion of South Vietnam, a campaign that failed largely because …

Dec 10, 2025 · Operation Linebacker II brought the communist government back to the negotiation table and led directly to the Paris Peace Accords signed Jan. 27, 1973.

Operation Linebacker II was a complex, multi-service operation over North Vietnam in December 1972. The B-52 missions flown during Linebacker II became the best known B-52 operations of the …

Linebacker II campaign began somewhat auspiciously. On the night of Dec. 18, 129 B-52D and B-52Gs hit North Vietnam (87 bombers fl ying from Andersen alone), fl ying

Operation Linebacker II was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by the U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 against targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) …

Unlike previous bombing campaigns, Linebacker II provided the Air Force and U.S. Naval forces with specific objectives and removed many of the restrictions that had previously caused...

SAC’s KC-135 tanker force in Southeast Asia, which totalled some 172 aircraft by mid-1972, made Linebacker II possible and throughout the campaign the tankers flew a total of 1,312 sorties involving …

Unlike previous bombing campaigns, Linebacker II provided the Air Force and U.S. Naval forces with specific objectives and removed many of the restrictions that had previously caused frustration within …

Launched in response to North Vietnam’s withdrawal from the Paris peace talks, Linebacker II was the most brutal bombing campaign of the Vietnam War. The 11-day’s of air strikes, which began on 18th …