Operation Linebacker I 1972. The first high-tech air War
Michel III., Marshall L./Tooby, Adam (Illustr.)
At Easter 1972, North Vietnam invaded the South, and there were
almost no US ground troops left to stop it. But air power
reinforcements could be rushed to the theater. Operation
Linebacker's objective was to destroy the invading forces from the
air and cut North Vietnam's supply routes - and luckily in 1972,
American air power was beginning a revolution in both technology
and tactics.
Most crucial was the introduction of the first effective
laser-guided bombs, but the campaign also involved the fearsome
AC-130 gunship and saw the debut of helicopter-mounted TOW
missiles. Thanks to the new Top Gun fighter school, US naval
aviators now also had a real advantage over the MiGs.
This is the fascinating story of arguably the world's first
"modern” air campaign. It explains how this complex operation -
involving tactical aircraft, strategic bombers, close air support
and airlift - defeated the invasion. It also explains the
shortcomings of the campaign, the contrasting approaches of the
USAF and Navy, and the impact that Linebacker had on modern air
warfare.
Paperback, 96 Seiten, durchgängig bebildert mit zeitgenössischen
Fotos, Farbillustrationen von Kampfsituationen, Karten und 3D
Operationsdiagrammen, engl. Text
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