Operation Linebacker I 1972

The first high-tech air war

Marshall Michel III, Adam Tooby, Adam Tooby

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English

Osprey
04 March 2019

History; Vietnam War; Air forces & warfare; Battles & campaigns

Series: Air Campaign

Following the failure of Rolling Thunder US aircraft were now armed with new technologies such as new laser-guided bombs and electronic warfare capabilities. The Air Force now had the fearsome AC-130 gunship and a new generation of Wild Weasel anti-radar aircraft, and the US Navy aviators now had much better dog-fighting training thanks to the new TOPGUN fighter school.

As the Paris peace talks floundered in early 1972 and the US began to disengage from Vietnam, it was clear that the North Vietnamese were conducting a major build up for an attack into South Vietnam. Screened by bad weather and heavy air defenses in the north, the attack advanced quickly but the US pushed back with an air campaign named Operation Linebacker. Their objective: defeat the invasion, preserve the government of South Vietnam and bring the North Vietnamese back to the Paris peace talks.

Fully illustrated with stunning full colour artwork, this is the fascinating story of arguably the world's first 'modern' air campaign.

By: Marshall Michel III
By (artist): Adam Tooby, Paul Kime
Illustrated by: Adam Tooby
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 8
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 184mm,
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9781472827531
ISBN 10: 1472827538
Series: Air Campaign
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 04 March 2019
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction /Chronology /Attackers' Capabilities /Defenders' Capabilities /Campaign Objectives /The Campaign /Analysis and Conclusion /Further Reading /Index

Marshall L. Michel III is a native of New Orleans who attended Georgetown and Harvard Universities. He joined the US Air Force in 1966 and from 1970 to 1973 flew 321 combat missions. He was the assistant air attache at the American embassy in Tel Aviv from 1977 to 1980, when he returned to the United States to fly F-15s at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. He later served as the Israel desk officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon, as a fellow at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, and on the NATO staff in Brussels, Belgium. He retired from the Air Force in 1992. He now lives in Biloxi, Mississippi.