Operation Bolo News Today

Operation Bolo was a brilliant success for the U.S. but also an important change in the overall air war in Vietnam.

The F-4 was retired from U.S. Air Force service in 1996, but many Phantom IIs of numerous variants are displayed in museums worldwide. Incredibly, the venerable warbird still remains in service with the Iranian Air Force to this very day.

 

Awww, you thought we were flying a routine path with our Bombers? SIKE. Enter Operation Bolo.

The MiG-21 could fly in all weather and was outfitted with air-to-air missiles that were giving F-105s a headache in the Vietnam War. Enter the F-4 Phantom II.

The first 50 F-4E Phantoms entered Israeli territory in 1969. They were delivered despite the Pentagon’s evaluation that the sale would harm U.S.-Arab relations, and against the prospect of a U.S.-Soviet agreement to limit arms sales to the region. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s provocations essentially sealed U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision to sell the

On this Armed Forces Day, I wanted to share a few stories of little-known military heroes from throughout U.S. history.

The battle lasted minutes and the F-4 Phantoms destroyed about half the MiG-21s in North Vietnam’s fleet, suffering no friendly losses.

Johnson authorized a dramatic increase. >> we cannot be defeated by force of arms. we will stand in vietnam. >> by december of 1966, there were almost half a million american forces in vietnam. over the kohrs course of the wy fought in places shedding broad over patches of earth named ham burger hell and fire base rip cord. in the air, they fought missions with names like rolling thunderstormser, line backer and operation bolo. by 1968, the american troop total reached 537,000. even at those lev...