Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: With kuwedzera mamiriro ezvinhu muSoutheast Asia, 28 B-52Fs vakanga vakapakata zvokunze Racks nokuda 24 × 750 lb (340 makirogiramu) mabhomba pasi chirongwa South Bay muna June 1964; mamwe 46 ndege vakagamuchira zvakafanana kugadziridzwa pasi chirongwa Sun Bath. Muna March 1965, United States yakatanga Operation Rolling Thunder. The wokutanga kurwa basa, Operation Arc Light, yakabhururuka ne B-52Fs musi 18 June 1965, apo 30 Ndege dzehondo 9th uye 441st Bombardment Squadrons akarova yechiKomonisiti nhare pedyo Bến Cát District kuSouth Vietnam. Boka rokutanga remabhomba rakasvika nguva isati yakwana panzvimbo yarakagadzirirwa, uye pavaifamba vachiedza kuchengetedza nzvimbo yavo, ndege mbiri dzeB-52 dzakapesana, izvo zvakaguma nokurasikirwa nemabhomba acho maviri nevashandi vasere. Mabhomba akasara, kubvisa rimwezve rakadzokera shure nemhaka yezvinetso zvomugadziri, akapfuurira akananga kunharidzano. Makumi maviri nenomwe eStratofortresses akadonhedzwa pabhokisi rechinangwa chemakiromita maviri nemakiromita maviri kubva pakati pemamita 19,000 ne22,000, zvishoma zvinopfuura 50% yemabhomba akawira mukati menzvimbo yechinangwa. The simba vakadzokera Andersen AFB kunze mumwe bhomba vane zvemagetsi zvinetso kuti akapora kuna Clark AFB, basa rakapedza maawa 13. Kuongororwa kwakaitwa mushure mekurwiswa nezvikwata zvemauto ekuSouth Vietnamese nevanopa mazano vekuAmerica kwakawana humbowo hwekuti maViet Cong akanga abva munzvimbo iyi pamberi pekurwiswa, uye zvaifungidzirwa kuti kupinda kwemauto ekumaodzanyemba kungangove kwakapa zano kuchamhembe nekuda kwemauto eSouth Vietnamese Army akabatanidzwa mukutarisa mushure mekurwiswa.  Mubvunzo: Ndeapi aiva mabhomba mazhinji aiva mubasa reArc Light?
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