Naval Air War
Subtitle: The Rolling Thunder Campaign
By: Norman Polmar and Edward J. Marolda
Contributors: Marolda, Edward J., author
Series: The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War
Publisher: Naval History & Heritage Command
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington Navy Yard, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
ISBN-13: 9780945274827; 9780945274834; 9780945274841; 9780945274858
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; American Naval operations; American Aerial operations; History; Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968; Naval aviation
Other titles: Rolling Thunder campaign
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67).
Table of contents: title: The start of an air campaign; title: Way down south on Dixie Station; title: Rescuing downed aviators; title: Countering the SAMs; title: The bombing campaign heats up; title: The POL strikes; title: Air war at its deadliest; title: Tet and Rolling Thunder; title: Learning from the Rolling Thunder experience; title: Sidebars; title: Attack aircraft; title: Fighter aircraft; title: Tragedy aboard ship; title: Frustrated warrior: Admiral Ulysses S.G. Sharp; title: Homer Smith and the debut of PGMs; title: Recce aircraft; title: Abbreviations and terms.