10 May 1972 was a day of the most intense air battles in the entire Vietnam War. US Navy and USAF launched large raids against North Vietnam under Operation Linebacker. while North Vietnam suffered ...

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 ...

Though Nixon initiated Operation Linebacker II, a bombing campaign against North Vietnam coinciding with the Christmas holiday, he suspended bombing operations on Christmas Day for humanitarian ...

Hankins, Michael W. 2016. "The Teaball Solution: The Evolution of Air Combat Technology in Vietnam, 1968-1972." Air Power History, 63, (3) 7–24.

American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller, more agile MiGs and losing more often than anyone expected. The decline ...

The Vietnam War was a vast calamity that cost millions of lives. In the chaos of the air war, MiGs and Phantom fighters duelled for supremacy, while B-52 bombers and other types smashed vast areas to ...