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Author : Robert F. Dorr
Publisher : Airtime Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781880588222
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (882 download)
Download or read book Vietnam Air War Debrief written by Robert F. Dorr and published by Airtime Pub. This book was released on 1996 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "World air power journal, Wings of fame."
Author : Jacob Van Staaveren
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428990186
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Gradual failure : the air war over North Vietnam 1965-1966 written by Jacob Van Staaveren and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Marshall L. Michel, III
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591145196
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (451 download)
Download or read book Clashes written by Marshall L. Michel, III and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Stephen Emerson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526708248
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Air War Over North Vietnam written by Stephen Emerson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Brian D. Laslie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442274352
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Air Power's Lost Cause written by Brian D. Laslie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive treatment of the air wars in Vietnam. Filling a substantial void in our understanding of the history of airpower in Vietnam, this book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the air wars in Vietnam. Brian Laslie traces the complete history of these air wars from the beginning of American involvement until final withdrawal. Detailing the competing roles and actions of the air elements of the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force, the author considers the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war. He also looks at the air war from the perspective of the North Vietnamese Air Force. Most important for understanding the US defeat, Laslie illustrates the perils of a nation building a one-dimensional fighting force capable of supporting only one type of war. ,
Author : Ronald Bruce Frankum
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742543027
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Like Rolling Thunder written by Ronald Bruce Frankum and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : U. S. Department Navy
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539775898
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (758 download)
Download or read book Naval Air War written by U. S. Department Navy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Illustrated Guide to the Air War Over Vietnam written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1981 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 50 aircraft types described, more than 140 photos, over 120 accurately detailed line drawings and 15 color profiles.
Author : Robert F. Dorr
Publisher : Blandford
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Air War Hanoi written by Robert F. Dorr and published by Blandford. This book was released on 1988 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Dana Bell
Publisher : Arms & Armour Press
ISBN 13 : 9780853685487
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (854 download)
Download or read book Air War Over Vietnam written by Dana Bell and published by Arms & Armour Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These books contain photographs of the Vietnam War. The focus is on various aspects of the air war following no strict chronology or subject line, but is aimed to give an overall impression of the conflict through this random selection. Volume 2 covers the operations between 1964 and 1968. The third volume contains photographs of the war as recorded by a variety of photographers who were lucky enough to be present at an interesting scene in the sky or on the ground. Volume 4 is a full-color pictorial survey of US air involvement during the war. The compiler hopes to convey the atmosphere of that difficult combat environment, as well as provide a general overview of the major aircraft types used in the war.
Author : Peter B. Mersky
Publisher : Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America
ISBN 13 : 9780933852556
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (525 download)
Download or read book The Naval Air War in Vietnam written by Peter B. Mersky and published by Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En beretning om US hangarskibe under Vietnamkrigen.
Author : Michael E. Weaver
Publisher : Peace and Conflict
ISBN 13 : 9781682830857
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book The Air War in Vietnam written by Michael E. Weaver and published by Peace and Conflict. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reexamination of the effectiveness of air power during the Vietnam War, from the tactical aspects of war to the level of national policy.
Author : Jacob van Staaveran
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0985973080
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (859 download)
Download or read book Air War Vietnam. Plans and Operations 1961 - 1968 written by Jacob van Staaveran and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the middle and late 1970s, the United States Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama produced a series of 17 monographs that detailed the history of the Vietnam War. These studies were classified as being Top Secret for many years and were only recently released to the public. The core of these monographs is the series that deal with the political, operational and technical development of the Air Force participation in the Vietnam War. These remarkable documents contain a wealth of historical data that explain the background and reasoning behind many controversial decisions. This compilation has taken these monographs and assembled them into a single narrative. The documents have been painstakingly remastered and reset to the printed page but their editorial integrity has been scrupulously preserved.
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Author : Jacob Van Staaveren
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786253984
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Gradual Failure: The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965-1966 [Illustrated Edition] written by Jacob Van Staaveren and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes over 100 maps, plans and illustrations The United States Air Force reached its nadir during the opening two years of the Rolling Thunder air campaign in North Vietnam. Never had the Air Force operated with so many restraints and to so little effect. These pages are painful but necessary reading for all who care about the nation’s military power. Jacob Van Staaveren wrote this book in the 1970s near the end of his distinguished government service, which began during the occupation of Japan; the University of Washington Press published his book on that experience in 1995. He was an Air Force historian in Korea during the Korean War, and he began to write about the Vietnam War while it was still being fought. His volume on the air war in Laos was declassified and published in 1993. Now this volume on the air war in North Vietnam has also been declassified and is being published for the first time. Although he retired to McMinnville, Oregon, a number of years ago, we asked him to review the manuscript and make any changes that seemed warranted. For the most part, this is the book he wrote soon after the war. Readers of this volume will also want to read the sequel, Wayne Thompson’s To Hanoi and Back: The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973, which tells the more encouraging story of how the Air Force employed airpower to far greater effect using a combination of better doctrine, tactics, technology, and training.
Author : Elizabeth Hartsook
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0985973099
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (859 download)
Download or read book Air War Vietnam Plans and Operations 1969 - 1975 written by Elizabeth Hartsook and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-03-31 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the middle and late 1970s, the United States Air Force Historical Research Center produced a series of 17 monographs that detailed the history of the Vietnam War. These remarkable documents contain a wealth of historical data that explain the background and reasoning behind many controversial decisions. Air War Vietnam is a compilation of these monographs that casts new light on why the Vietnam war was fought the way it was and why a war that could and should have been won was instead lost.
Author : John B. Nichols
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612512860
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book On Yankee Station written by John B. Nichols and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining vivid personal narrative with historical and operational analyses, this book takes a candid look at U.S. naval airpower in the Vietnam War. Coauthors John Nichols, a fighter pilot in the war, and Barrett Tillman, an award-winning aviation historian, make full use of their extensive knowledge of the subject to detail the ways in which airpower was employed in the years prior to the fall of Saigon. Confronting the conventional belief that airpower failed in Vietnam, they show that when applied correctly, airpower was effective, but because it was often misunderstood and misapplied, the end results were catastrophic. Their book offers a compelling view of what it was like to fly from Yankee Station between 1964 and 1973 and important lessons for future conflicts. At the same time, it adds important facts to the permanent war record. Following an analysis of the state of carrier aviation in 1964 and a definition of the rules of engagement, it describes the tactics used in strike warfare, the airborne and surface threats, electronic countermeasures, and search and rescue. It also examines the influence of political decisions on the conduct of the war and the changing nature of the Communist opposition. Appendixes provide useful statistical data on carrier deployments, combat sorties, and aircraft losses.
Author : Martin W Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 : 152674628X
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Air War Vietnam written by Martin W Bowman and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Showcasing specific aircraft and highlighting significant missions illuminates the skills and emotions of the men who flew the machines. Bowman does an excellent job recounting stories about battles in the air and decision-making on the ground." The VVA Veteran Martin Bowmans revealing narrative of the aerial conflict in South-East Asia, 1965-1972, which had its beginnings in 1 November 1955, engulfed Viêtnam, Laos, and Cambodia and only ended with the fall of Sàigòn on 30 April 1975 has resulted from decades of painstaking fact-finding as well as detailed correspondence with surviving aircrew incorporating a wealth of first-hand accounts, some never told before, supported by dozens of rare and unusual photographs. Together they describe in adrenalin-pumping accuracy the furious aerial battles of a long suffering and bitter war in South-East Asia and in particular the frontline action in the skies over Vietnam that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. They too will find a new and useful perspective on a conflict that cost the Americans 58,022 dead and brought the USA worldwide condemnation for its role in Southeast Asia. Nearly 2,500 Americans remained missing. This work serves as a tribute to the courageous pilots who flew the F-104 Starfighter in the Widowmakers war and B-52 bomber crews on Arc Light Linebacker II strikes and the eleven days of Christmas which ultimately ended the aerial campaign against North Viêtnam. And as well, strike aircraft such as the USAF F-4 Phantom and the F-105 Thud and the US Navy carrier-borne jet and propeller-driven strike aircraft and the Americans sworn enemy, the North Vi?tnamese MiG fighters, feature large, from Rolling Thunder onwards. Equally, the Hueys and Chinooks and other notable work horses that participated on combat assaults or Ash & Trash missions and transports like the C-130 Herky-Bird, C-123 Provider, Caribou and Viêtnamese C-47 - the Haulers On Call - that performed sterling service during the gruelling air campaign are not forgotten either. Here, at first hand, are their stories which also include some of the less publicised American forces like the pilots and crewmen who flew the Bird Dogs and all manner of helicopters as well as the largely forgotten Australian and New Zealand Air Force units and the Anzac Battalions whose valuable contributions are too often overlooked. So too is the cost in human misery, death and destruction.
