During the Vietnam War, bomber crews flying Canberra aircraft from Phan Rang carried out tactical bombing missions in support of troops on the ground. Working closely with Forward Air Controllers ...

Dropping bombs on North Vietnam from a B-52 during the Vietnam War required access to information from down on the ground up to celestial heights, Air Force veteran Jim Colligan recalls. Colligan ...

The Christmas Bombing that became the B-52's bloodiest chapter. December 18-29, 1972. Strategic Air Command sent 729[...] ...

The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries. “The first shootdown came on Dec. 18, 1972, after Turner’s B-52D took off from ...

North Vietnamese negotiators walked out of peace talks in Paris on Dec. 13, 1972. They had just rejected American proposals and refused to set a date to resume discussions. Five days later, American B ...