Operation Rolling Thunder

OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER: 1965-1968

On March 2, 1965, the USAF began a systematic bombing campaign against North Vietnam named ROLLING THUNDER. Planners hoped to provide a morale boost to South Vietnamese forces, interdict the flow of supplies going south, and discourage North Vietnamese aggression.

Flying from bases in South Vietnam and Thailand, the USAF started hitting targets near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Vietnam. By advancing the target areas northward across North Vietnam, planners intended to apply gradual pressure and use bombing halts as incentives to negotiate.

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F-105Ds refueling en route to North Vietnam in 1965
A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attacking a train in North Vietnam with a Zuni rocket
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A-4E Skyhawks attacking Phuong Dinh bridge in 1967
An F-105D hit by an SA-2 missile
U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder all-weather bombers, in 1968
The Hanoi POL facility burning after it was attacked by the U.S. Air Force on 29 June 1965
A USAF "Iron Hand" SAM-suppression team late in the war
U.S. Navy A-7B Corsairs armed with Shrike anti-radiation missiles, 1969
A missile-armed VPAF MiG-21PF landing, using its drogue parachute