Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeVietnam 97th Bomber Wing paBlytheville yakatsigira kurwisa mabasa mukupera kwema1960 uye kutanga kwema1970. Boka revabhomba vaibva kuBlytheville rakanga riri pakati pevokutanga kupfurwa muOperation Linebacker II, basa raDecember 1972 rokurwisa nzvimbo dzokuNorth Vietnam. Vatatu vaiva muchikepe vakafa mutsaona yacho. Vamwe varume vatanhatu vaibva ku97th vakarasikirwawo muVietnam, vane mazita anozivikanwa pachikwangwani chokuyeuka paichimbova nzvimbo yacho. Muna 1972, vose vanobhomba vakanga kwenguva vakatamira Guam asati adzoka Blytheville AFB, panguva iyo kugadzwa vakatangazve kwomuzvarirwo mabasa. Yakatumira basa rokununura kubva pachiteshi ichi kuenda kuGrenada
muna 1983 uye muna August 1990, vatyairi vengarava dzebhomba dzechi97 vakatanga kurovedza mabasa kuMiddle East uye pakupedzisira vakatsigira Operation Desert Storm.