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{{Short description|U.S. military operation to provide air support in Southeast Asia from 1965 to 1973}} {{Infobox military operation | name = Operation Arc Light | partof = Second Indochina War<br>([[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] β’ [[Laotian Civil War|Laos]] β’ [[Cambodian Civil War|Cambodia]]), ''[[Combat Skyspot]]'' | image = | image_size = 270px | image_upright = | alt = Operation Arc Light Memorial | caption = Arc Light Memorial on [[Andersen AFB]], Guam | type = [[Close air support]] operations | location = [[Andersen Air Force Base]],<br>[[Guam]], [[United States]] ([[Territories of the United States|territory]])<br>[[U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield]], [[Thailand]] | commanded_by = [[United States Air Force]]; [[National Security Agency]]; [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]; [[Richard Nixon]] | target = [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]] | date = 1965β1973 | executed_by = U.S. Air Force, [[Strategic Air Command]], ''Combat Skyspot''; National Security Agency | casualties = 16 [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 Stratofortresses]] lost }} {{Campaignbox Vietnam War}} During '''Operation Arc Light''' (sometimes '''Arclight''') from 1965 to 1973, the [[United States Air Force]] deployed [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 Stratofortresses]] from bases in the U.S. Territory of [[Guam]] to provide battlefield air interdiction during the [[Vietnam War]]. This included strikes at enemy bases, supply routes, and behind the lines troop concentrations, as well as occasionally providing close air support directly to ground combat operations in [[Vietnam]].<ref name="Bowman">{{cite book|last1=Bowman|first1=John S.|title=The Vietnam War: an Almanac|date=1985|publisher=World Almanac Publications|location=New York|isbn=0911818855|page=[https://archive.org/details/vietnamwaralmana00bowm/page/118 118]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/vietnamwaralmana00bowm}}</ref> The [[Conventional weapon|conventional bombing]] campaign was supported by ground-control-radar detachments of the [[1st Combat Evaluation Group]] (1CEVG) in [[Combat Skyspot|Operation Combat Skyspot]]. Arc Light operations usually targeted enemy base camps, troops concentrations, and supply lines.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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