Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Musi wa 5 April 1965, U.S. reconnaissance yakawana kuti North Vietnamese yakanga ichivaka nzvimbo dzezvingave chete zvombo zve surface-to-air missile (SAM). Mauto emhepo neanotakura zvikepe ipapo akakumbira pamwe chete kuWashington kuti apiwe mvumo yokurova nzvimbo dzacho, asi dzakarambwa sezvo nzvimbo zhinji dzacho dzaiva pedyo nenzvimbo dzomumaguta dzakarambidzwa. Ipapo, pana July 24, F-4 yakapfurwa neSA-2 Guideline missile. Mazuva matatu gare gare, kurwisa kamwe chete kwakabvumirwa pazvivako zviviri zvemaroketi zvairwisa. Zvisinei, vaAmerica vakawira mumusungo wakanyatsorongwa apo nzvimbo dzacho dzakava zvidhori zvakapoteredzwa nezvidziviriro zvezvombo zvinorwisa ndege. Mumwe mutyairi wendege wokuAmerica akarondedzera chiito chakatevera se"chakaratidzika sokuguma kwenyika". Zvitanhatu zvengarava dzokurwisa dzakaparadzwa (vaviri vevatyairi vakaurayiwa, mumwe akarasika, vaviri vakabatwa, uye mumwe akanunurwa) panguva yekumhanyisa. Musi wa 29 Chikumi 1965, kurwisa kwemhepo kunzvimbo dzekuchengetera peturu, mafuta, uye zvinonhuwira (POL) zvekuNorth zvakagamuchirwa naJohnson. Mauto eAmerica akanga atsigira kurova kwakadaro chifo chokutanga kwebasa racho, achidavira kuti kuramba North Vietnam POL yayo kwaizoparira nhamburiko dzaro dzemauto kumira. Pakutanga, kurwisa kwacho kwakaratidzika kuva kwakabudirira zvikuru, kuchiparadza matangi pedyo neHanoi neHaiphong uye kutungamirira Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) kufungidzira kuti 70 muzana yezvivako zvemafuta zveNorth Vietnam zvakanga zvaparadzwa nokuda kwokurasikirwa nendege 43. Kurasikirwa kwemapurazi ematanki okuchengetera mafuta uye mafekitari ekuchenesa mafuta kwakaratidza kuva kunetsa kwenguva pfupi chete kuNorth Vietnam, zvisinei, sezvo Hanoi yakanga yatarisira mushandirapamwe wakadaro uye munguva iyoyo yakanga yapararira ruzhinji rwezvigadzirwa zvayo zvePOL mumatangi e50-gallon kumativi ose enyika. Kurwiswa kwePOL kwakamiswa musi wa4 Gunyana, mushure mekunge US intelligence yabvuma kuti pakanga "pasina humbowo hwekushomeka kwePOL muNorth Vietnam". Pakazosvika 24 Zvita 1965, ndege dzeUS 170 dzakarasika panguva yemushandirapamwe (85 Air Force, 94 Navy, uye imwe Marine Corps). Ndege sere dzeVNAF dzakanga dzavewo...  Mubvunzo: Chii chakashandiswa kupfura ndege yokuongorora yeU.S. yeF-4 muNorth Vietnam?
SA-2 Guideline missile