LEADER 03722oam 22004934a 450 001 9910795054403321 005 20230421210933.0 010 $a1-64012-009-2 010 $a1-64012-007-6 035 $a(CKB)4340000000261738 035 $a(OCoLC)1029352666 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65973 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5326724 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000261738 100 $a20180406d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBloody sixteen $ethe USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War /$fPeter Fey 210 1$aBaltimore :$cProject Muse,$d2018 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 393 pages) :)$cillustrations, maps 311 0 $a1-61234-979-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [375]-384) and index. 327 $apart 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." 330 $aStrategy 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. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xCampaigns 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xNaval operations, American 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xAerial operations, American 606 $aOperation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xCampaigns. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xNaval operations, American. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aOperation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968. 676 $a359.9/435/0973 700 $aFey$b Peter$c(Naval Commander),$01576225 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795054403321 996 $aBloody sixteen$93853879 997 $aUNINA