Editing Operation Arc Light (section)

== Aircraft used ==
Previously dedicated to carrying [[nuclear weapon]]s, the U.S. Air Force began to train strategic bomber crews in 1964 to deliver conventional munitions flying the B-52F.

The B-52Fs were deployed to [[Andersen Air Force Base]] on Guam and [[U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield]] in [[Thailand]], southeast of [[Bangkok]]. To add conventional bomb capacity, Project Big Belly modified all B-52Ds to enable them to carry 30 tons of conventional bombs.

By mid-April 1966, all B-52Fs were redeployed back to the U.S. and were replaced by Big Belly-modified B-52Ds.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Later in the [[Vietnam War]], the B-52G was also deployed with the B-52D.<ref name=usaf>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030119032144/http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/PopTopics/arclight.htm Operation ArcLight] from The Air Force Historical Studies Office. </ref>

B-52Ds were also used from the [[376th Air Expeditionary Wing#376th Strategic Wing|376th Strategic Wing]] of [[Kadena Air Base]], [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], [[Japan]]. The [[96th Test Wing#Strategic Air Command|96th Strategic Air Wing]] from [[Dyess Air Force Base|Dyess AFB]], [[Texas]], deployed for Arc Light in June 1970 for 180 days. Upon completion of the Arc Light deployment, the 376th SW B-52Ds either returned to the continental U.S. or were sent to U-Tapao. The 376th SW then ceased bomber operations, but continued flying Young Tiger tanker missions.