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Forty-nine years ago on Dec. 18, 1972, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and U-Tapao Air Base, Thailand, were the staging areas for Operation Linebacker II, an operation that would become one of the most significant events to end the war in Vietnam. Andersen AFB became the site of the largest buildup of airpower in history. More than 12,000 United States Air Force Airmen and approximately 155 B-52 Bombers and KC-135 Tankers filled the entire airfield. During Linebacker II, B-52s flew more than 700

The massive aerial campaign known as Operation Linebacker II saw around **200 U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers drop over 20,000 tons of bombs on North Vietnam targets between December 18–29, 1972, in what became one of the heaviest strategic bombardments since World War II. The campaign aimed to compel the North Vietnamese leadership back to peace negotiations and involved numerous nighttime sorties deep into heavily defended airspace. Despite the devastation inflicted on infrastructur