Though Nixon initiated Operation Linebacker II, a bombing campaign against North Vietnam coinciding with the Christmas holiday, he suspended bombing operations on Christmas Day for humanitarian ...

Fifty years ago, in the last weeks of December 1972, the United States military carried out one of the most brutal and barbaric attacks on a civilian population in history. Beginning December 18 and ...

Air Force Brig. Gen. James “Russ” McCarthy, who played a key role in a massive 1972 bombing campaign designed to hasten the end of the Vietnam War, has died in San Antonio at 93. McCarthy was the ...

As Americans head into the holiday season, we also approach a significant historical milestone from the U.S. war in Vietnam: the 50th anniversary of the final U.S. air offensive on North Vietnam, an ...

It was one of the heaviest bombardments in history. A shock-and-awe campaign of overwhelming air power aimed at bombing into submission a determined opponent that, despite being vastly outgunned, had ...

Retired Air Force Col. Robert Certain was a navigator on the first B-52 shot down during Operation Linebacker II. By Jeff Schogol Published Dec 31, 2022 9:00 AM EST Retired Air Force Col. Robert ...