Posted on Nov 22, 2017
First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam - Nov 22, 1972 - HISTORY.com
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The United States loses its first B-52 of the war. The eight-engine bomber was brought down by a North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile near Vinh on the day when B-52s flew their heaviest raids of the war over North Vietnam. The Communistss claimed 19 B-52s shot down to date.
First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam - Nov 22, 1972 - HISTORY.com
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Vietnam War
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Got to go through the first conversion from analog to digital, that was one heck of an update!
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SSgt Harvey "Skip" Porter
To add the B-52 continues to fly creating terror for enemy combatants. That’s one heck of an aircraft fighting machine.
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