Rolling Thunder | Wings over Vietnam

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Operation Rolling Thunder was the name of a gradual and sustained aerial bombing campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division (later the Seventh Air Force), the U.S. Navy, and the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. (North Vietnam) from March 2, 1965 to November 2, 1968, during the Vietnam War.

The four objectives of the operation (which varied over time) were to boost the flagging morale of the Saigon regime in the Republic of Vietnam; convince North Vietnam to stop supporting the communist insurgency in South Vietnam without sending ground troops to communist North Vietnam; destroy North Vietnam's transportation system, industrial base, and air defenses; and stop the flow of men and equipment into South Vietnam. Achieving these goals was hampered both by the restrictions placed on the United States and its allies by Cold War exigencies and by the military aid and assistance North Vietnam received from its communist allies, the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and North Vietnam. Korea.

The operation was the most intense air-land battle of the Cold War; it was the most difficult such campaign waged by the United States since the aerial bombardment of Germany during World War II. With the support of its communist allies, North Vietnam fielded a powerful mixture of modern air-to-air and surface-to-air weapons, creating one of the most effective air defenses American military pilots had ever encountered.