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![Join a B-52 on a Linebacker II mission with this story about the Christmas bombing campaign over Hanoi - The Aviationist Join a B-52 on a Linebacker II mission with this story about the Christmas bombing campaign over Hanoi - The Aviationist](https://i0.wp.com/theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Bombs-706x565.jpg?resize=706%2C565)
Join a B-52 on a Linebacker II mission with this story about the Christmas bombing campaign over Hanoi - The Aviationist
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam - Have you ever driven down Arc Light Boulevard and wondered where it got it's name? Andersen Air Force Base played a big role in the B-52
Bombs are loaded aboard a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Strategic Air Command as Arc Light, part of Operation Linebacker, gets underway - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search
![Vietnam War-Stories.com: Operation Arc Light, 1965: B-52 Bombers over South Vietnam, by Don Poss, WS LM-01. 1995-2023. Vietnam War-Stories.com: Operation Arc Light, 1965: B-52 Bombers over South Vietnam, by Don Poss, WS LM-01. 1995-2023.](https://www.war-stories.com/images/b52-guam-10.jpg)