L'opération Arc Light a été le déploiement en 1965 de B-52-D Stratoforteresses comme bombardiers classiques de bases aux États-Unis à Guam pour soutenir les opérations de combat terrestre au Vietnam. Par Extension, Arc Light, Et parfois Arclair, est le nom de code et le terme général pour l'utilisation de B-52 StratoFortress comme plate-forme de soutien aérien proche (cas) pour soutenir les opérations tactiques terrestres assistées par des détachements radar-contrôle au sol du premier Groupe d'évaluation de combat (1CEVG) dans l'opération combat SkySpot pendant la guerre du Vietnam. En même temps, les enquêtes sur les activités secrètes de la CIA au Laos ont révélé que les B-52 étaient nous

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Operation Arc Light was the 1965 deployment of B-52D Stratofortresses as conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam to support ground combat operations in Vietnam. By extension, Arc Light, and sometimes Arclight, is the code name and general term for the use of B-52 Stratofortress as a close air support (CAS) platform to support ground tactical operations assisted by ground-control-radar detachments of the 1st Combat Evaluation Group (1CEVG) in Operation Combat SkySpot during the Vietnam War. At the same time, investigations of secret CIA activities in Laos revealed that B-52s were used to systematically bomb Laos and Cambodia. In fact, the United States dropped more bombs on Laos than it did during World War II on Germany and Japan combined. To this day, vast areas of Laos and Cambodia are uninhabitable because of unexploded ordnance. In 1964, the U.S. Air Force began to train strategic bomber crews in the delivery of conventional munitions. Under Project Big Belly, all B-52Ds were modified so that they could carry nearly 30 tons of conventional bombs. B-52s were deployed to air force bases in Guam and Thailand. Arc Light operations were most often CAS bombing raids of enemy base camps, troops concentrations, and supply lines. Missions were commonly flown in three-plane formations known as 'cells' and were also employed when ground units in heavy combat requested fire support. Releasing their bombs from high in the stratosphere, the B-52s could neither be seen nor heard from the ground. B-52s were instrumental in nearly wiping out enemy concentrations besieging Khe Sanh in 1968 and An Loc and Kontum in 1972.

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