Air Force in the Vietnam War

A war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam began in 1954. The war was fought because the north wanted communism, and the south did not. The United States decided to get involved in the war. The United States became allies with South Vietnam, because they did not want communism to spread. I bet you’re wondering what is communism and why a nation will break apart and fight because of it. Well communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Communism caused a vast amount of people to die. More than three million people ( including 58,000 americans) were killed in the Vietnam War. More than half were Vietnamese civilians. The United States were an official part of the Vietnam War. The United states air force did some great things in the Vietnam War. I feel that if the United States air force did not get involved, the war would’ve been different. The United states Air Force positively contributed to the outcome of the Vietnam War in many ways.

Yes, technically we did lose the Vietnam War, but the damages and casualties could have been way worse without the United States Air Force helping South Vietnam fight for a non-communist government. The United States The united states first got involved in the summer of 1950, when it sent advisers to help France maintain and operate U.S.‐manufactured aircraft in the war with North Vietnam. After the North Vietnam victory and the partitioning of the country into North and South in 1955, America continued sending air advisers to Vietnam. By 1961, six South Vietnamese squadrons were ready for combat, supported by an American combat training detachment known as “Farm Gate.” The boundary between fighting and training for U.S. Air Force personnel during the early 1960s was never clearly defined. The Farm Gate commandos believed they were primarily to fly close air