The Air Force Way of War [electronic resource] : U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam /
Laslie, Brian D.
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
[2015]
On December 18, 1972, more than one hundred U.S. B-52 bombers flew over North Vietnam to initiate Operation Linebacker II. During the next eleven days, sixteen of these planes were shot down and another four suffered heavy damage. These losses soon proved so devastating that Strategic Air Command was ordered to halt the bombing. The U.S. Air Force's poor performance in this and other operations during Vietnam was partly due to the fact that they had trained their pilots according to methods devised during World War II and the Korean War, when strategic bombers attacking targets were expected t
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 USAF Pilot Training and the Air War in Vietnam; 2 Training Tactical Fighter Pilots for War; 3 Operational Exercises; 4 Setting the Stage; 5 Short of War; PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS; 6 Preparing for a Storm; 7 Desert Storm; 8 Reorganization after the Storm; 9 Deliberate and Allied Force; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
On December 18, 1972, more than one hundred U.S. B-52 bombers flew over North Vietnam to initiate Operation Linebacker II. During the next eleven days, sixteen of these planes were shot down and another four suffered heavy damage. These losses soon proved so devastating that Strategic Air Command was ordered to halt the bombing. The U.S. Air Force's poor performance in this and other operations during Vietnam was partly due to the fact that they had trained their pilots according to methods devised during World War II and the Korean War, when strategic bombers attacking targets were expected t
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
United States. Air Force
Air power
War games
Flight training
Air pilots, Military
Air warfare