Operation Arc Light war der Einsatz von B-52D-Stratofestungen als konventionelle Bomber von Stützpunkten in den USA nach Guam zur Unterstützung von Bodenkampfeinsätzen in Vietnam. Nach Verlängerung, Lichtbogen, Und manchmal auch Arclight, ist der Codename und der allgemeine Begriff für die Verwendung von B-52 Stratofestung als Close Air Support (CAS)-Plattform zur Unterstützung von taktischen Bodenoperationen, die von Bodenkontroll-Radar-Detachments der 1st Combat Evaluation Group (1CEVG) im Operation Combat SkySpot während des Vietnamkriegs unterstützt werden. Gleichzeitig ergaben Untersuchungen geheimer CIA-Aktivitäten in Laos, dass B-52s uns waren

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Operation Arc Light was the 1965 deployment of B-52D Stratofortresses as conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam to support ground combat operations in Vietnam. By extension, Arc Light, and sometimes Arclight, is the code name and general term for the use of B-52 Stratofortress as a close air support (CAS) platform to support ground tactical operations assisted by ground-control-radar detachments of the 1st Combat Evaluation Group (1CEVG) in Operation Combat SkySpot during the Vietnam War. At the same time, investigations of secret CIA activities in Laos revealed that B-52s were used to systematically bomb Laos and Cambodia. In fact, the United States dropped more bombs on Laos than it did during World War II on Germany and Japan combined. To this day, vast areas of Laos and Cambodia are uninhabitable because of unexploded ordnance. In 1964, the U.S. Air Force began to train strategic bomber crews in the delivery of conventional munitions. Under Project Big Belly, all B-52Ds were modified so that they could carry nearly 30 tons of conventional bombs. B-52s were deployed to air force bases in Guam and Thailand. Arc Light operations were most often CAS bombing raids of enemy base camps, troops concentrations, and supply lines. Missions were commonly flown in three-plane formations known as 'cells' and were also employed when ground units in heavy combat requested fire support. Releasing their bombs from high in the stratosphere, the B-52s could neither be seen nor heard from the ground. B-52s were instrumental in nearly wiping out enemy concentrations besieging Khe Sanh in 1968 and An Loc and Kontum in 1972.

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