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Operation Rolling Thunder happened when the USA started bombing campaigns of North Vietnam during the Vetnam War.

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  • KC-135A refuels F-105Ds over Vietnam 1965

    F-105Ds refueling en route to North Vietnam in 1965

  • Rolling Thunder route packages

    Route Package organization

  • F-105 hit by SA-2 over Vietnam

    An F-105D hit by an SA-2 missile

  • KC-135A refueling Wild Weasel team Oct 1972

    A USAF "Iron Hand" SAM-suppression team late in the war

  • A-7Bs VA-25 during Ironhand mission 1969

    U.S. Navy A-7B Corsairs armed with Shrike anti-radiation missiles, 1969

  • VPAF MiG-21 landing with chute

    A missile-armed VPAF MiG-21PF landing, using its drogue parachute

  • RollingThunder F-105

    F-105 Thunderchief dropping ordnance during Rolling Thunder

  • Памятник пленению Дж. Маккейна, расположенный на берегу Западного озера в Ханое

    Memorial to the downing of 10 USAF jets on 26 October 1967, including that of John McCain. The monument reads, "On the day of 26 October 1967, a total of 10 American aircraft were shot down. Wounded J. McCain, a captain in the U.S. Navy, successfully catapulted from the downed aircraft, and at this point he was taken prisoner. His plane fell a few kilometers from this place at the Yen Phu Power Plant".

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