The
Lone Star Lady
by
Philip
E. West
Led by The Lone Star Lady, B-52
Stratofortresses based at Anderson AFB on the island of Guam, head for
Hanoi, North Vietnam, During the Strategic Air Command's Operation Linebacker
II during the winter of 1972.
By the end of December 1972, after 729 operational sorties during eleven
days of continual air strikes on Hanoi and Haiphong, the B-52 bombers
of Strategic Air Command finally brought North Vietnam to its knees.
They had fired off well over 1200 surface-to-air missiles, virtually
exhausting their ground defenses, and it became clear that any renewal
of air strikes would devastate the country. The North Vietnamese were
at last ready for peace.
Print Size: 27" x 19 3/4"
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