03749oam 22005054a 450 991082133990332120230421210933.01-64012-009-21-64012-007-6(CKB)4340000000261738(OCoLC)1029352666(MdBmJHUP)muse65973(MiAaPQ)EBC5326724(EXLCZ)99434000000026173820180406d2018 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBloody sixteen the USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War /Peter FeyBaltimore :Project Muse,2018©20181 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 393 pages) :)illustrations, maps1-64012-310-5 1-61234-979-X Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-384) and index.part 1. Setting the stage -- 1. Rolling Thunder and the numbers game -- 2. The environment -- 3. The naval air war -- part 2. 1965 -- 4. Gradual Beginnings -- 5. The war heats up -- 6. The bridge campaign -- part 3. 1966 -- 7. The POL campaign -- 8. The battle increases -- 9. Fire! -- part 4. 1967 -- 10. Long, hot summer -- 11. The Stennis hearings and the climax of Rolling Thunder -- 12. Black October -- 13. In the end -- part 5. In retrospect -- 14. 1968, the summer of violence -- 15. The POWs -- 16. "Because our fathers lied."Strategy and reality collide in Peter Fey's gripping history of aircraft carrier USS Oriskany's three deployments to Vietnam with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16). Its tours coincided with the most dangerous phases of Operation Rolling Thunder, the ill-fated bombing campaign against North Vietnam, and accounted for a quarter of all the naval aircraft lost during Rolling Thunder--the highest loss rate of any carrier air wing during Vietnam. The Johnson administration's policy of gradually applied force meant that Oriskany arrived on station just as previous restrictions were lifted and bombing raids increased. As a result CVW-16 pilots paid a heavy price as they ventured into areas previously designated "off limits" by Washington DC. Named after one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War, the Oriskany lived up to its name. After two years of suffering heavy losses, the ship caught fire--a devastating blow given the limited number of carriers deployed. With only three months allotted for repairs, Oriskany deployed a third and final time and ultimately lost more than half of its aircraft and more than a third of its pilots. The valor and battle accomplishments displayed by Oriskany's aviators are legendary, but the story of their service has been lost in the disastrous fray of the war itself. Fey portrays the Oriskany and its heroes in an indelible memorial to the fallen of CVW-16 in hopes that the lessons learned from such strategic disasters are not forgotten in today's sphere of war-bent politics.Vietnam War, 1961-1975CampaignsVietnam War, 1961-1975Naval operations, AmericanVietnam War, 1961-1975Aerial operations, AmericanOperation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968Vietnam War, 1961-1975Campaigns.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Naval operations, American.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Aerial operations, American.Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968.359.9/435/0973Fey Peter(Naval Commander),1596213MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910821339903321Bloody sixteen3917488UNINA