A War Too Long: The USAF in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administration aerial air arm Air Base Air Force fighter-bombers air power air strikes air support airfields airmen Ameri antiaircraft areas Army attack became began Bien Hoa bombers bombing Cambodia cargo casualties Chiefs of Staff combat communist craft Da Nang defenses demilitarized zone destroyed Diem enemy equipment etnamese fighter fighting fire firepower flew forward air controllers ground forces gunships Hanoi helicopters Ho Chi Minh infiltration jets Johnson killed Laotian Linebacker Marine Corps ment MiGs Military Assistance Command Minh Trail missions Momyer namese Nang Navy Nhut North Viet northern offensive officers outposts Pathet Lao pilots President Nixon radar reconnaissance Republic of Vietnam rescue Rolling Thunder Saigon sensors Seventh Air Force soldiers Son Tay sorties South Viet South Vietnam South Vietnamese Air Southeast Asia southern Laos squadrons supply surface-to-air missiles targets Thailand Thieu tion transports troops trucks U.S. Air Force United Viet Cong Vietnamese Air Force weapons Westmoreland