Thunderchief Pilots Bomb a Military Target in North Vietnam
7/14/1966
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The original caption for this photograph reads: Flying under radar control with a B-66 Destroyer, Air Force F-105 Thunderchief pilots bomb a military target through low clouds over the southern panhandle of North Viet Nam.
U.S. bombers dropped 643,000 tons of bombs between 1965 and 1968 during Operation Rolling Thunder, killing approximately 52,000 Vietnamese civilians. Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against the North Vietnamese, was part of the expansion of America’s military presence in Vietnam in 1965. After southern Communist forces attacked a U.S. Army airfield in South Vietnam in early 1965, the Johnson administration had a pretext to launch Rolling Thunder.
U.S. bombers dropped 643,000 tons of bombs between 1965 and 1968 during Operation Rolling Thunder, killing approximately 52,000 Vietnamese civilians. Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against the North Vietnamese, was part of the expansion of America’s military presence in Vietnam in 1965. After southern Communist forces attacked a U.S. Army airfield in South Vietnam in early 1965, the Johnson administration had a pretext to launch Rolling Thunder.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency.
Full Citation: Photograph 306-MVP-15(14); Flying Under Radar Control with a B-66 Destroyer, Air Force F-105 Thunderchief Pilots Bomb a Military Target through low clouds over the southern panhandle of North Viet Nam; 7/14/1966; Miscellaneous Vietnam Photographs, 1958 - 1974; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/thunderchief-pilots-bomb, April 26, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.