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Index Operation Flaming Dart

Operation Flaming Dart was a U.S. and South Vietnamese military operation, conducted in two parts, during the Vietnam War.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 37 relations: Aircraft carrier, Attack on Camp Holloway, Đồng Hới, Central Highlands (Vietnam), Da Nang Air Base, Douglas A-1 Skyraider, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Kiến Giang River, List of bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin B-57 Canberra, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, North American F-100 Super Sabre, North Vietnam, Operation Farm Gate, Operation Pierce Arrow, Operation Rolling Thunder, People's Army of Vietnam, Robert H. Shumaker, Second VA-155 (U.S. Navy), Shantou-class gunboat, South Vietnam, South Vietnam Air Force, United States Air Force, VA-153 (U.S. Navy), VA-212 (U.S. Navy), VA-216 (U.S. Navy), VFA-154, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, Vought F-8 Crusader, 1965 Qui Nhơn hotel bombing, 325th Division (Vietnam).

  2. 1965 in Vietnam
  3. Aerial bombing operations and battles
  4. Aerial operations and battles of the Vietnam War

Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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Attack on Camp Holloway

The attack on Camp Holloway occurred during the early hours of February 7, 1965, in the early stages of the Vietnam War. Operation Flaming Dart and attack on Camp Holloway are 1965 in Vietnam and conflicts in 1965.

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Đồng Hới

Đồng Hới is the capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the north central coast of Vietnam.

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Central Highlands (Vietnam)

The Central Highlands (Cao nguyên Trung phần), South Central Highlands (Cao nguyên Nam Trung Bộ), Western Highlands (Tây Nguyên) or Midland Highlands (Cao nguyên Trung bộ) is a region located in the south central part of Vietnam.

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Da Nang Air Base

Da Nang Air Base (Căn cứ không quân Đà Nẵng) (1930s–1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French Air Force and later Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility located in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam.

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Douglas A-1 Skyraider

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s, which served during the Korean War and Vietnam War.

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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company, and later, McDonnell Douglas.

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Hanoi

Hanoi (Hà Nội) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam.

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Ho Chi Minh

italic (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho (Bác Hồ) or just Uncle (Bác), and by other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary, nationalist, and politician.

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Kiến Giang River

The Kiến Giang River (Sông Kiến Giang) is a river in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, North Central Coast, Vietnam.

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List of bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War

The bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War were the longest and heaviest aerial bombardment in history. Operation Flaming Dart and List of bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War are aerial bombing operations and battles.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Martin B-57 Canberra

The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.

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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967.

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North American F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation.

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa; chữ Nôm: 越南民主共和), was a socialist state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976, with formal sovereignty being fully recognized in 1954.

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Operation Farm Gate

Farm Gate was the code name for an American air force mission operating in Vietnam before the overt US entry into the Vietnam War.

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Operation Pierce Arrow

Operation Pierce Arrow was a U.S. bombing campaign at the beginning of the Vietnam War. Operation Flaming Dart and Operation Pierce Arrow are aerial operations and battles of the Vietnam War and Battles and operations of the Vietnam War.

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Operation Rolling Thunder

Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) against North Vietnam from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War. Operation Flaming Dart and Operation Rolling Thunder are aerial operations and battles of the Vietnam War.

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People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; of Vietnam), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (lit) or the People's Army (Quân đội Nhân dân), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

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Robert H. Shumaker

Robert Harper Shumaker (born May 11, 1933) is a retired rear admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy.

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Second VA-155 (U.S. Navy)

Attack Squadron 155 or VA-155 was an 'Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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Shantou-class gunboat

The Shantou-class gunboat was a Chinese-built gunboat of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.

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South Vietnam Air Force

The South Vietnam Air Force, officially the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF; Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH; Force aérienne vietnamienne, FAVN) (sometimes referred to as the Vietnam Air Force or VNAF), was the aerial branch of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, the official military of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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VA-153 (U.S. Navy)

VA-153 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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VA-212 (U.S. Navy)

Attack Squadron 212 (VA-212), nicknamed the Rampant Raiders, was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.

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VA-216 (U.S. Navy)

VA-216, nicknamed the Black Diamonds, was an Attack Squadron of the US Navy.

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VFA-154

Strike Fighter Squadron 154 (VFA-154), also known as the "Black Knights", is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore.

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Viet Cong

The Viet Cong was an epithet and umbrella term to call the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Operation Flaming Dart and Vietnam War are 1965 in Vietnam.

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Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone

The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 22 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into the two military gathering areas, which was supposed to be sustained in the short term after the First Indochina War.

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Vought F-8 Crusader

The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought.

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1965 Qui Nhơn hotel bombing

The Viet Cuong Hotel in Qui Nhơn was bombed by the Viet Cong on the evening of 10 February 1965, during the Vietnam War. Operation Flaming Dart and 1965 Qui Nhơn hotel bombing are 1965 in Vietnam.

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325th Division (Vietnam)

The 325th Infantry Division is a division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), first formed in March 1951 from independent units in Thừa Thiên, it is likely that it only became fully operational in mid-1952.

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See also

1965 in Vietnam

Aerial bombing operations and battles

Aerial operations and battles of the Vietnam War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Flaming_Dart

Also known as Operation Flaming Dart I, Operation Flaming Dart II.