Arc Light-- B-52s

[Ptah]

Operation Arc Light was the 1965 deployment of B-52D Stratofortresses as
conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam to support ground combat
operations in Vietnam. By extension, Arc Light, and sometimes Arclight, is the
code name and general term for the use of B-52 Stratofortress as a close air support
(CAS) platform to support ground tactical operations assisted by ground-control-radar
detachments of the 1st Combat Evaluation Group (1CEVG) in Operation Combat SkySpot
during the Vietnam War. At the same time, investigations of secret CIA activities in Laos
revealed that B-52s were used to systematically bomb Laos and Cambodia. In fact,
the United States dropped more bombs on Laos than it did during World War II on
Germany and Japan combined. To this day, vast areas of Laos and Cambodia
are uninhabitable because of unexploded ordnance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Arc_Light

[Ptah]

2. In the early seventies, I fixed B52s so they could do that.

B52 is a trigger.

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4. No, don't delete.

:please:

[Ptah]

8. I didn't intend to detract from music you enjoy.

[Throd]

5. It is not unlikely you serviced one of the planes flown by my dad.

[Ptah]

7. I did my best.

[Throd]

9. He only had one malfunction in two tours of duty.

One time a bomb got hung up and wouldn't release. They had to dump them all at once. He said the sensation of dropping all that weight at once was incredible. I can only imagine the crater that was created that day.