Rolling Thunder 1965 68

Author : Richard P. Hallion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472823212

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Rolling Thunder 1965–68 by Richard P. Hallion Pdf

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.

Author : Stephen Emerson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526708243

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Air War Over North Vietnam by Stephen Emerson Pdf

In early 1965 the United States unleashed the largest sustained aerial bombing campaign since World War II, against North Vietnam. Through an ever escalating onslaught of destruction, Operation Rolling Thunder intended to signal Americas unwavering commitment to its South Vietnamese ally in the face of continued North Vietnamese aggression, break Hanois political will to prosecute the war, and bring about a negotiated settlement to the conflict. It was not to be. Against the backdrop of the Cold War and fears of widening the conflict into a global confrontation, Washington policy makers micromanaged and mismanaged the air campaign and increasingly muddled strategic objectives and operational methods that ultimately sowed the seeds of failure, despite the heroic sacrifices by U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots and crews Despite flying some 306,000 combat sorties and dropping 864,000 tons of ordnance on North Vietnam 42 per cent more than that used in the Pacific theater during World War II Operation Rolling Thunder failed to drive Hanoi decisively to the negotiating table and end the war. That would take another four years and another air campaign. But by building on the hard earned political and military lessons of the past, the Nixon Administration and American military commanders would get another chance to prove themselves when they implemented operations Linebacker I and II in May and December 1972. And this time the results would be vastly different.

Author : Richard Hallion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Naval aviation
ISBN : 1472823192

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Rolling Thunder 1965-68 by Richard Hallion Pdf

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 Communist 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.

Author : Stephen Emerson
Publisher : Pen & Sword Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526708221

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Air War Over North Vietnam by Stephen Emerson Pdf

In early 1965 the United States unleashed the largest sustained aerial bombing campaign since World War II, against North Vietnam. Through an ever escalating onslaught of destruction, Operation Rolling Thunder intended to signal America's unwavering commitment to its South Vietnamese ally in the face of continued North Vietnamese aggression, break Hanoi's political will to prosecute the war, and bring about a negotiated settlement to the conflict. It was not to be. Against the backdrop of the Cold War and fears of widening the conflict into a global confrontation, Washington policy makers micromanaged and mismanaged the air campaign and increasingly muddled strategic objectives and operational methods that ultimately sowed the seeds of failure, despite the heroic sacrifices by U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots and crews Despite flying some 306,000 combat sorties and dropping 864,000 tons of ordnance on North Vietnam - 42 per cent more than that used in the Pacific theater during World War II - Operation Rolling Thunder failed to drive Hanoi decisively to the negotiating table and end the war. That would take another four years and another air campaign. But by building on the hard earned political and military lessons of the past, the Nixon Administration and American military commanders would get another chance to prove themselves when they implemented operations Linebacker I and II in May and December 1972\. And this time the results would be vastly different.

Author : Richard P. Hallion
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472823182

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Rolling Thunder 1965–68 by Richard P. Hallion Pdf

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.

Author : U. S. Department Navy
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1539775895

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Naval Air War by U. S. Department Navy Pdf

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.

Author : John Smith
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0821722352

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Rolling Thunder by John Smith Pdf

NATO's Blackhawk One, an awesome computerized attack aircraft, is considered indomitable--until it crashes mysteriously during top-secret trials. Searching for the sinister truth, ace RAF flight lieutenant Erica Macken enters a world of double agents, KGB assassins and murderous intrigue.

Author : John Schlight
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112105175738

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The War in South Vietnam by John Schlight Pdf

United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Documents the Air Force's support of the ground war in South Vietnam from 1965 to early 1968. Includes sections on the air campaign conducted during the Communists' siege of the Marine camp of Khe Sanh. Also contains several appendices, a glossary, and bibliographical notes.

Author : Colonel John K. Ellsworth
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782896890

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Operation Rolling Thunder: Strategic Implications Of Airpower Doctrine by Colonel John K. Ellsworth Pdf

This SRP examines Operation ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968) bombing campaign in the context of military Principles of War and their applications. It analyzes accomplishment of strategic objectives and future implications for applications of airpower doctrine. It reviews the pre-Vietnam strategic situation, discussing its military, political, social, global, and doctrinal characteristics. It then analyses Operation ROLLING THUNDER by phases, focusing on its controversial aspects. This analysis concludes that Operation ROLLING THUNDER failed to accomplish most of its strategic objectives. It offers several contributing factors to account for this failure. This SRP concludes with examination of the lessons learned about airpower doctrine and of the strategic implications of Operation ROLLING THUNDER for the overall war effort in Vietnam.

Author : James B. Overton,Project CHECO.,United States. Air Force. Pacific Air Forces. Directorate of Tactical Evaluation. CHECO Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : OCLC:57315379

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Rolling Thunder, January 1967-November 1968 by James B. Overton,Project CHECO.,United States. Air Force. Pacific Air Forces. Directorate of Tactical Evaluation. CHECO Division Pdf

Author : Mark Clodfelter
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803264542

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The Limits of Air Power by Mark Clodfelter Pdf

Tracing the use of air power in World War II and the Korean War, Mark Clodfelter explains how U. S. Air Force doctrine evolved through the American experience in these conventional wars only to be thwarted in the context of a limited guerrilla struggle in Vietnam. Although a faith in bombing's sheer destructive power led air commanders to believe that extensive air assaults could win the war at any time, the Vietnam experience instead showed how even intense aerial attacks may not achieve military or political objectives in a limited war. Based on findings from previously classified documents in presidential libraries and air force archives as well as on interviews with civilian and military decision makers, The Limits of Air Power argues that reliance on air campaigns as a primary instrument of warfare could not have produced lasting victory in Vietnam. This Bison Books edition includes a new chapter that provides a framework for evaluating air power effectiveness in future conflicts.

Author : William P. Head
Publisher : Williams-Ford Texas A&M Univer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 162349835X

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Storms Over the Mekong by William P. Head Pdf

"From the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, "Storms over the Mekong" offers a reassessment of key turning points in the Vietnam War. Head not only reexamines these pivotal battles but also provides a new interpretation on the course of the war in Southeast Asia. A blow-by-blow account of the key military events, but beyond that, it is also a measured reconsideration of the battles and moments that Americans thought they already knew, adding up to a new history of the Vietnam War"--

Author : Marshall Michel III
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472827548

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Operation Linebacker I 1972 by Marshall Michel III Pdf

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.

Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782003250

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Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land by Andrew Wiest Pdf

Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'. First-hand accounts, maps and contemporary photographs, analysis from the soldiers involved and new perspectives from combatants on both sides provide an incisive investigation into a fascinating and terrible war.“This is a superb and compelling reexamination of the major historical, political, and ethical issues that continue to smoulder many decades after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, I highly recommend Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land. It is among the best books of its kind that I've encountered over the last dozen years.” Tom O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried

Author : Mark Berent
Publisher : Mark Berent
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 9780399134395

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Rolling Thunder by Mark Berent Pdf

As hostilities escolate in late 1965, the fates of three men intertwine in Vietnam.