John Meyer18 December 1972
Commands Strategic Air Command during the Linebacker II bombing campaign
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Commands Strategic Air Command during the Linebacker II bombing campaign
Operations north of the Twentieth Parallel cease, 729 sorties have ben flown & 15 planes lost
Hanoi agrees to Nixon's conditions for reopening peace negotiations
Orders B52s to bomb Hanoi & Haiphong
26-30 December, massive air bombing of military installations in North Vietnam
Orders a 3 day bombing offensive against the Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II
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