1. US War on Communism in South-East Asia 1965-73
... Johnson rarely consulted with military chiefs in what targets to bomb. The unpreparedness of the Air Force was exposed during this operation, aircrafts and pilots had been geared for strategic ops against the USSR, not conventional war. The Air Force rejected adapting to the war in Vietnam as ... . Another strategy which wasn't very effective was the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trails in Laos, titled Operation Barrel Roll, Steel Tiger, and Tiger Hound. Each of these operations concerned different areas of the trails. The campaign against the trails wasn't hugely successful for a few reaso...
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