Operation Linebacker
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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 from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietna
A 388th TFW SAM hunter-killer team refueling on its way to North Vietnam, October 1972
North Vietnamese anti-aircraft defense weapons
VA-195 A-7E bombing the Hải Dương bridge, 10 May 1972
Rescue of Bat 21 Bravo
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The rescue of Bat 21 Bravo, the call sign for Iceal "Gene" Hambleton, was the "largest, longest, and most complex search-and-rescue" operation during the Vietnam War. Five additional aircraft were sho
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton, whose call sign was Bat 21 Bravo, c. 1973
A 42nd TEWS Douglas EB-66E Destroyer at Takhli, Thailand.
North Vietnamese personnel scramble to ready an SA-2 missile to engage American aircraft.
An O-2A Skymaster over Laos, 1970.