Moving Mud - Episode 19 - Fighting the Wrong War - The USAF and Operation Rolling Thunder

Episode 19 of the Moving Mud Podcast. A documentary about the history of tactical airpower before the age of Precision Guided Munitions.
We discuss the beginnings of the air war in Vietnam.
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