{"product_id":"going-downtown-the-us-air-force-over-vietnam-laos-and-cambodia-1961-75-paperback","title":"Going Downtown: The US Air Force Over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961-75 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis vivid narrative history tells the full story of the US Air Force's involvement in the wars in the air over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe involvement of the US Air Force in the Southeast Asian Wars began in 1962 with crews sent to train Vietnamese pilots, and with conflict in Laos, and finally ended in 1972 with the B-52 bombing of Hanoi, though there were Air Force pilots unofficially flying combat in Laos up to the end in 1975. The missions flown by USAF aircrews during those years in Southeast Asia differed widely, from attacking the Ho Chi Minh Trail at night with modified T-28 trainers, to missions \"Downtown,\" the name aircrew gave Hanoi, the central target of the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis aerial war was dominated by the major air operations against the north: \u003ci\u003eRolling Thunder \u003c\/i\u003efrom 1965 to 1968, and then\u003ci\u003e Linebacker I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eII \u003c\/i\u003ein 1972, with the latter seeing the deployment of America's fearsome B-52 bombers against the North Vietnamese capital Hanoi. These operations were carried out in the face of a formidable Soviet-inspired air defence system bristling with anti-aircraft guns and SAM missile sites. Beyond this, the US Air Force was intimately involved in secret air wars against Laos and Cambodia - one cannot speak of a war only in Vietnam regarding US Air Force operations. The war the Air Force fought was a war in Southeast Asia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing on from the same author's \u003ci\u003eThe Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club\u003c\/i\u003e, which told the story of the US Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War, \u003ci\u003eGoing Downtown c\u003c\/i\u003eompletes the picture. Featuring a wide range of personal accounts and previously untold stories, this fascinating history brings together the full story of the US Air Force's struggle in the skies over Southeast Asia.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e has been a published writer for the past 40 years and this work is the product of 25 years of research. He has chronicled the US war in Korea in his best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe Frozen Chosen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHolding the Line\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiG Alley\u003c\/i\u003e, and has turned to writing similar histories of Vietnam with \u003ci\u003eThe Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club\u003c\/i\u003e and now \u003ci\u003eGoing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDowntown\u003c\/i\u003e. Tom is a veteran of the war in Vietnam and served with the US Navy's Seventh Fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9.21 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765271724320,"sku":"9781472848758","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c262fa88b1a06b0bdfa68c937e576d0d.webp?v=1780265632","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/going-downtown-the-us-air-force-over-vietnam-laos-and-cambodia-1961-75-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}