Vietnam (1961-1973)

Question 1

What was the name of the operation that in April 1961 FDR ordered a covert operation: the covert deployment of the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron (Jungle Jim) to train South Vietnamese Air Force

Answer 1

Operation Farmgate

Question 2

By Dec 1964 North American F-100 Super Sabres, McDonnell RF-101 Voodoos, and Republic F-105 Thundercheifs with Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker support conducted an operation attacking Communist forces in Laos. What was the name of this operation?

Answer 2

Operation Barrel Roll

Question 3

Beginning 2 March 1965 what was “a program of measures and limited air action against selected military targets in North Vietnam remaining south of the 19th Parallel”?

Answer 3

Rolling Thunder

Question 4

What operation ordered by General William Momyer applied massive firepower including a flight of three B-52s which hit the enemy every 90 minutes for most of the 77-day siege of Khe Sanh?

Answer 4

Operation Niagara

Question 5

What operation did Nixon employ to blunt the communist attack?

Answer 5

Operation Linebacker

Question 6

In December 1972 North Vietnamese intransigence over the final peace agreement prompted President Nixon to initiate an intense 11-day air campaign to pressure enemy compliance. What was the name of this campaign?

Answer 6

Linebacker II

Question 7

When was the comprehensive ceasefire signed?

Answer 7

23 Jan 1973

Question 8

CMSgt Wayne Fisk was the last American serviceman to engage Communist forces in ground combat in Southeast Asia. What was the name of this mission?

Answer 8

Mayaquez mission