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"Smoke 3,000 feet high - follows eruption of 500-foot-diameter fireball, Sep. 18, 1966, from secondary explosion at Ninh Binh railway in North Vietnam. Navy pilots from the carrier USS Intrepid continued a four-day attack on the area which included Nihnh Binh railroad yards, RR Bridge, RR by-pass bridge, two trains totaling nearly 100 boxcars, and about 60 trucks. One train is seen at lower left along a rocky ridge. Trucks along roads were trying to salvage cargo from the bottled up trains." Aerial photo of a bomb cloud over a railway.

Aerial photo of a bombing of Ninh Binh railway

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, destroyed buildings, a railway, a river, and farms.

Aerial photo of bombed Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, a village, a railway, a river, and farms.

Aerial photo of bombed Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a landscape with roads, a village, a railway, a river, and farms.

Aerial photo of Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, a village, a railway, a river, and farms.

Aerial photo of bombed Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with roads, a village, a railway, and farms.

Aerial photo of bombed Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a crater pocked landscape, including a bombed railway and farms.

Aerial photo of bombed Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombed landscape with railroads, a river, farm fields, a village, and roads.

Aerial photo of bombed Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photo of a bombing of a railway bridge in a rural area.

Aerial photo of bombing of Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Before and After near Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam - Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15 pounded a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa Sep. 21-23, 1966. Targets included a thermal power plant, defending flak sites, railways, boxcars, and roads. After the raid shown in these before and after photos, Navy Intruder and Skyhawk pilots described the area as 'devastated.'" Aerial photography of buildings, farm fields, a railroad, and roads.

Aerial photo of Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Devastated - said Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15, Sep. 21, 1966, after pounding a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa in North Vietnam. The accompanying before-and-after photos display partial effects of about 200 tons of bombs dropped during the day by Air Wing 15. In attacking the area at least 8 defending flak sites were silenced. Boxcars, tracks and bomb craters are clearly seen before-and-after being hit by A6 Intruder and A4 Skyhawk pilots." Aerial photography of a road and a bombed train.

Aerial photo of bombed Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Devastated - said Navy jet pilots of Carrier Air Wing 15, Sep. 21, 1966, after pounding a railroad ferry complex northeast of Thanh Hoa in North Vietnam. The accompanying before-and-after photos display partial effects of about 200 tons of bombs dropped during the day by Air Wing 15. In attacking the area at least 8 defending flak sites were silenced. Boxcars, tracks and bomb craters are clearly seen before-and-after being hit by A6 Intruder and A4 Skyhawk pilots." Aerial photography of a road and trains on a railroad.

Aerial photo of Thanh Hoa railroad ferry complex

"Post-Strike photograph taken after the strike by pilots from Oriskany's carrier air wing sixteen against the Haiphong Highway Bridge SSE, two miles south of the North Vietnamese Prot City on 4 September. The northern end of the bridge is completely destroyed and spans were dropped in the water." Aerial photography of a destroyed bridge over a river.

Post-strike aerial photo of Haiphong Bridge

"Pre-Strike Photograph of the Haiphong Bridge SSE taken prior to the strike by Oriskany's carrier air wing sixteen pilots on 4 September." An Aerial photograph of a bridge over a river.

Pre-strike aerial photo of Haiphong Bridge

"Late Evening Shadows Begin to form on the flight deck of the USS Oriskany Silhouetting a group of A4 Skyhawks being armed and readied for an attack over North Vietnam." A row of jet planes sit on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Some sailors walk across the deck. The ship appears to be on the open sea.

A4 Skyhawks being armed and readied on USS Oriskany

"A cluster of 500-pound frame two F4 Phantom II jets aboard a Seventh Fleet attack carrier in the Tonkin Gulf." Three bombs or missiles are attached to the underside of an airplane wing. In the background are two jet planes. The photo appears to be taken on an aircraft carrier.

F4 Phantom II jets bomb frames

"Pre and post Strike Navy Photography of Kien An Highway Bridge - with the carrier striking force in the Tonkin gulf, Mar. 16 - Shown is the Kien An highway bridge on the southern edge of Haiphong after being severed by 1,000-pound bombs dropped by Navy A4 Skyhawks from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The 658-foot bridge , which links Haiphong with Ninh Binh/Nam Dinh area of North Vietnam, was severed by Navy pilots of Attack Squadrons 144 and 112, led by Cdr. N. Duff Arnold, 40, of San Diego, a Carrier Air Wing 11 pilot." An aerial photograph of a bombed river. There are two cut bridges and craters on the river's shore.

Aerial photo of post-strike Kien An Highway Bridge

"Smoke and Dust rise from the Boi Hoa highway ferry, located 37 statute miles southeast of Vinh, during an attack with 500-pound bombs by pilots from the attack carrier USS Hancock, Aug. 27." An Aerial photograph of a bomb going off near a river in a rural area. There are many craters scattered in the landscape.

Bombing of the Boi Hoa highway

"Ready the Bombs - Aviation Ordnance men aboard the Seventh Fleet attack aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk roll 500-pound bombs across the flight deck to attack and fighter aircraft just prior to their launch against targets in North Vietnam." Two American men use a cart to move three missiles, probably onboard an aircraft carrier.

Aviation Ordnance men roll bombs across the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk

"A U.S. Navy A4 Skyhawk from the Seventh Fleet carrier USS Bon Homme Richard pulls away as a napalm bomb explodes during action against the Viet Cong on July 1 southwest of Saigon. Pilot of the aircraft was Ens. R. W. Nielson of Sacramento, Calif." A US Air Force jet flying over rural land. Some of the trees appear to be on fire.

A4 Skyhawk pulling away as a napalm bomb explodes

"A U.S Navy A4 Skyhawk from the Seventh Fleet carrier USS Bon Homme Richard drops a napalm bomb during operations against the Viet Cong on July 1 southeast of Saigon. Pilot of the aircraft was Ens R. W. Nielson of Sacramento, Calif." Aerial photo of a US airplane dropping a bomb over cratered rural land.

A4 Skyhawk dropping napalm bomb

"Explosions - Kep airfield, 37 miles northeast of Hanoi, as explosions blasted the runway a daylight strike by Navy jets from attack carrier USS Kitty Hawk." Aerial photo of clouds rising from bombed buildings.

Explosion at Kep Airfield

"Pre-Strike Photo - Kep Airfield, 37 miles northeast of Hanoi, as it appeared July, 31 1966 when photographed by an RA5C Vigilante of Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron 13." Aerial photo of Kep Air Field.

Kep Airfield

Post strike photo of communist SAM site

Aerial photo of Russian-built MIG-17 fighter aircrafts

Aerial photo of vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft weapons

Aerial photo of Tram Bac OII Storage Area

Aerial photo of Tram Bac OII Storage Area

Aerial photo of Tram Bac OII Storage Area

Aerial photo of Tram Bac OII Storage Area

Aerial photo of Tram Bac OII Storage Area

Aerial photo of Tram Bac OII Storage Area

Aerial photo of bombed missile site

Aerial photo of Hai Duong Bridge

Aerial photo of Hai Duong

Aerial photo of Tri Dong Highway Bridge

Aerial photo of burning MIG's at Kep Airfield

Aerial photo of bomb craters on Yen Vien railroad classification yard

Aerial photo of bombed Xom Ca Trang bridge

Aerial photo of smoke cloud over a train

F4B Phantom jet releasing bombs

Aerial photo of strike on H?i D??ng army barracks

Aerial photo of H?i D??ng Soccer Stadium surface-to-air missile (SAM) site

Aerial photo of B?c Giang

Operation Mastiff aerial photo

Aerial photo of a bombing of Ninh Binh railway

"Flights of F-105 Thunderchiefs, similar to those shown above, yesterday (March 19), bombed the Viet Tri thermal power plant 38 miles north of Vietnam capital with 500 pound bombs. The Power plants jointly produce 28 per cent of the electrical power in North Vietnam." Four US Air Force jets flying in formation over a rural area.

F-105 Thunderchiefs

"An Air Force reconnaissance aircraft took this unusual photograph of three F-105 Thunderchiefs dropping their bomb-load simultaneously during an air strike over North Vietnam." Three planes dropping bombs

F-105 Thunderchiefs dropping bombs

A-7A Corsair II of VA-147 with bomb load.

A-7A Corsair II of VA-147 with bomb load

Aerial photo of a line of bombs exploding.

Aerial photo of a line of bombs