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B-52 Stratofortress Units in Combat 1955-73

By Jon Lake , Mark Styling

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2004
ISBN
9781841766072, 1-84176-607-0
Open Library ID
OL8922536M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
44 MB (46437010 bytes)
Series
Combat Aircraft 043
Pages
99\99
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Designed to form the backbone of Strategic Air Command’s nuclear deterrent, the B-52 force was brought to higher states of readiness whenever crisis threatened the USA, most notably when Kennedy and Khruschev went eyeball-to-eyeball over Cuba. Soon afterwards, B-52s formed the backbone of the USAF’s bombing campaign in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. This book follows the story of the B-52 from its genesis to its first combat missions in June 1965 and through to the briefly sustained but bloodily fought Linebacker II offensive in late 1972. Even after the withdrawal of US forces in 1973, B-52s remained in-theatre, flying training missions mainly from Guam.

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