This volume is a reprint of a 1976 edition originally issued by the Air University. Authors from the Air War College and Air Command and Staff College who actually fought there. For eight years American airmen fought with a multitude of missions, evolving weaponry, ever-changing tactics.
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Original Title
Vol. I The Tale of Two Bridges and the Battle for the Skies over North Vietnam
This volume is a reprint of a 1976 edition originally issued by the Air University. Authors from the Air War College and Air Command and Staff College who actually fought there. For eight years American airmen fought with a multitude of missions, evolving weaponry, ever-changing tactics.
This volume is a reprint of a 1976 edition originally issued by the Air University. Authors from the Air War College and Air Command and Staff College who actually fought there. For eight years American airmen fought with a multitude of missions, evolving weaponry, ever-changing tactics.
USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series
Volume I
Monographs 1 and 2
The Tale of Two Bridges
and
The Battle for the Skies
Over North Vietnam
Major A.J.C. Lavalle
General Editor
New Imprint by
OFFICE OF AIR FORCE HISTORY
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1985Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Main entry under title:
The Tale of two bridges. And, The Battle for the skies over North Vietnam.
(USAF Southeast Asia monograph series; v. 1, monographs 1 and 2)
A.C. Lavalle, general editor.
Reprint. Originally published: Washington: Dept. of the Air Force, 1976.
Includes index.
1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975—Aerial operations, American. 2. United States. Air
Force—History—Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. I. Lavalle, AJC. (Arthur J.C),
1940- _. II. Battle for the skies over North Vietnam. 1985. III. Series: USAF Southeast
Asia monograph series; v. 1, monograph 1 and 2)
DS558.8.T34 1986 959.704'348 85-18896 ISBN 0-912799-26-9
This volume is a reprint of a 1976 edition originally issued by the Air University.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402Foreword
Many documents, articles, and stories have been written about
U.S. Air Force operations in Southeast Asia (SEA). However, none
have given the critical in-depth coverage commensurate with our
level of involvement. This volume, the first in a USAF Southeast Asia
Monograph series, is an attempt to document the story of AIR-
POWER — and the people behind it —in our nation’s longest armed
conflict.
For eight years American airmen fought with a multitude of mis-
sions, evolving weaponry, ever-changing tactics and maybe most
notable—constantly changing constraints. In this volume, authors
from the Air War College and Air Command and Staff College who
actually fought there have combined for two excellent monographs
of the people and weapons in SEA. The authors’ breadth of combat
experience provides a penetrating account of airpower brought to
bear —with all the emotion, frustrations, bravery and confusion of
real life.
For the general reader, these stories tell of airpower in human
terms and should give some understanding of the spirit, courage, and
professionalism of our U.S. airmen. To the student of airpower in-
terested in improving the effectiveness of our Air Force, the
monographs make an excellent case study of tactical air doctrine.
The entire series is dedicated to ALL who served.
en Crore
DAVID C. JONES, General, USAF
Chief of Staff
1 January 1976
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