Operation Linebacker
1972 American bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the December 1972 military operation, see Operation Linebacker II.
Operation Linebacker was the codename of a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 air interdiction campaign conducted against North Vietnam from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War.
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Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
A 388th TFW SAM hunter-killer team refueling on its way to North Vietnam, October 1972 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam | North Vietnam | ||||||
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John W. Vogt Jr.[4] Damon W. Cooper[5] | Nguyen Van Tien[citation needed] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
134 aircraft lost in combat or operational accidents[6] 10 aircraft lost[citation needed] North Vietnamese claim: 651 aircraft shot down, 80 warships sunk or damaged[7] |
U.S. claim: 63 aircraft shot down North Vietnamese claim: 49 aircraft shot down[8] |
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Its purpose was to halt or slow the transportation of supplies and materials for the Nguyen Hue Offensive (known in the West as the Easter Offensive), an invasion of the South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) that had been launched on 30 March. Linebacker was the first continuous bombing effort conducted against North Vietnam since the end of Operation Rolling Thunder in November 1968.