B-52 aircraft used for the first time in Vietnam 50 years ago this hour (June 18 1965)


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - America's Enemy [5/11]' (June 18, 1965, at 44:10)

(Friday, June 18, 1965, 1965, 6:48 a.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Under Operation Arc Light, B-52 aircraft were used for the first time today in the Vietnam War. Flying out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 27 B-52s dropped 750 and 1,000-pound bombs on a Viet Cong stronghold.