the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps sent airpower assets in what turned out to be the first sustained bombing effort conducted against North Vietnam by anticommunist forces since the ...

In the 71 missions flown over North Vietnam, Air Force and Navy pilots dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on rail lines, heavy storage areas, communications links with Red China and routes by which ...

Example Bombing President Johnson ordered the bombing of strategic military targets in North Vietnam, including air raids on the capital city, Hanoi, and bases and supply routes for the Vietcong.

In North Vietnam, American pilots faced a deadly barrage ... site maintained by the National Museum of the United States Air Force.