Arc Light is the code name for the operational deployment and use of B-52 strategic bombers in Southeast Asia during the War in Vietnam. Arc Light missions focused B-52 bombing missions against Viet Cong jungle strongholds. The first Arc Light B-52s were deployed to Andersen AFB on Guam, but the 2,600-mile flight from Guam to South Vietnam took six to seven hours. Wayne Littlejohn of the 2nd Brigade’s Long Range Reconnaissance Platoon got a warning from brigade intelligence saying his unit would be ordered to make a bomb damage assessment (BDA) of a B-52 Arc Light strike in the brigade’s area of operations in the Ia Drang Valley near Vietnam’s border with Cambodia. Arc Light commenced on June 18, 1965, with 30 KC-135s … Issue Requirements You must submit the followind: An unaltered photocopy of your DD-214 displaying your service during the Operation period. From 1965 to 1973 the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command deployed B-52 Stratofortress bombers and crews from bases in the US to Guam, Thailand, and Okinawa to provide close air support to ground combat operations in Vietnam. Tankers from Kadena made it possible for the heavily-loaded bombers to complete the roughly-2,000-mile roundtrip. -- Fifty years ago, the B-52 entered combat for the first time as part of Operation Arc Light in Vietnam, which was the culmination of several years of planning and preparation. Most arc light missions included three B-52s, each one dropping up to 75 huge bombs onto the enemy and the terrain below. Enemy bunkers were often the targets--but this time, friendliest were the only humans in the area as countless iron-bombs rained down. The defeat of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in a battle in January set off a furious debate in the United States on the progress being made in the war against the Viet Cong (VC) in South Vietnam.
Simmilar to other Vietnam Airsoft events by Gunman Airsoft & In Country by Combat South. This is a fully immersive Vietnam Airsoft event held in Kent. Vietnam Was the Last Hurrah for the Army’s Giant Searchlights ... An early 19-century technology predating the incandescent light bulbs most people are familiar with, a carbon arc design produces an intense light by shooting a bolt of electricity between two electrodes. If your award eligibility (dates-in-country or participation) is not stated on your DD-214 you must submit a copy of your DD-214 - AND - a photocopy of military-issued documentation establishing your eligibility. Harmon had less than a week left in Vietnam when on May 31, 1967, Staff Sgt. This distance made it difficult to attack the mobile enemy forces, and the aircraft required aerial refueling. These strikes bring destruction to the enemy on a mind-boggling scale. Operation B-52 Arc Light [video] - 133rd Provisional Wing B52s take off from Andersen AFB, Guam, and strike South Vietnam targets---3,000-miles nonstop! ... Dan Doyle is a husband, father, grandfather, Vietnam veteran, and retired professor of Humanities at Seattle University. Operation Arc Light was the 1965 deployment of B-52D Stratofortresses as conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam to support ground combat operations in Vietnam. BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La.