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Flying from the Black Hole : the B-52 bombardiers of Vietnam / Robert O. Harder.

by Harder, Robert O.

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Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2009.

Harder, Robert O.

United States. Air Force -- Biography.

United States. Air Force -- History -- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.

Bombardiers -- United States -- Biography.

B-52 bomber -- History -- 20th century.

Bombardiers -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.

Bombardiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Navigation (Aeronautics) -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century.

Hanoi (Vietnam) -- History -- Bombardment, 1972.

9781591143598 (alk. paper)

1591143594 (alk. paper)

x, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Prologue: The poor players -- Operation Linebacker Two : the first day -- A booming sound -- The big ugly feller -- LeMay -- Early navigators and bomb aimers -- Training the Cold War Magellan -- Stratofortress bombardier training -- Welcome to the big leagues -- Getting SAC-emcised -- Turning on the Arc Light -- First combat mission -- The Southeast Asian war games -- Back to SAC -- Won't somebody please turn out the Arc Light? -- December 18/19, 1972 : Linebacker Two's first day -- The third day -- Getting smart, and finishing them off -- The twenty-first century Buf/BUFF.

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