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Operation Linebacker II was a US Seventh Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77 aerial bombing campaign, conducted against targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) during the final period of US involvement in the Vietnam War. The operation was conducted from 18–29 December 1972, leading to several of informal names such as "The December Raids" and "The Christmas Bombings".

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  • Operation Linebacker II was a US Seventh Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77 aerial bombing campaign, conducted against targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) during the final period of US involvement in the Vietnam War. The operation was conducted from 18–29 December 1972, leading to several of informal names such as "The December Raids" and "The Christmas Bombings".
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  • (including 34 B-52s and 4 F-111s; this includes a single B-52 shot down by MiG-21 pilotPham Tuan)
  • 12 tactical aircraft shot down
  • 15 B-52s shot down
  • 4 B-52s suffered heavy damage
  • 43 killed in action
  • 49 taken prisoner
  • 5 B-52s suffered medium damage
  • 81 aircraft shot down
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  • 100+ aircraft
  • 14SA-2batteries
  • 2,000 tactical aircraft
  • 207 B-52s
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