By William W. Momyer
Initially released by means of the Air college at Maxwell Air strength Base, normal Momyer's own memoirs offer various precise views. "What I supply during this booklet, as relatively and as truly as i will be able to, is an account of how airpower regarded to me from the views i feel will subject so much to airmen. i do not checklist those perspectives within the desire that airmen, even my neighbors, will approve them. in reality i am hoping that each one of our airmen who learn them will accomplish that seriously. We should not count fullyyt upon yesterday's principles to struggle tomorrow's wars, in any case, yet i'm hoping our airmen will not pay the associated fee in wrestle back for what a few of us have already purchased." basic William W. Momyer usa Air strength (Retired)
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We needed a determined campaign of air-to-air engagements, attacks on airfields, and strikes against anti-aircraft and SAM installations. If the entire air defense system were not brought under attack, we would continue to lose pilots and planes unnecessarily, and we would continue to jettison many of our bombs because of actual or threatened MIG attacks. 36 There were, however, limitations imposed on the number of aircraft that could make the strike and the time during which the attacks could be made.
The other field commanders and I advised against further curtailment of the bombing campaign. We felt sure that the North Vietnamese would take advantage of such a halt to move their fighters, SAMs, AAA, and logistical centers closer to the DMZ. Not long after I returned from Vietnam in August to become Commander of Tactical Air Command, the President called each of the Joint Chiefs and me to give him our views separately. Each of us assured the President that the North Vietnamese would take advantage of the bombing halt to improve their position for a future offensive.
28 lowing World War II, and on the observation that the Chinese and North Korean armies continued fighting for three years in spite of the bombing of North Korea. 34 Of course for those who favored a bombing halt, the only real question was whether we should stop all the bombing at once or phase back to the 20th parallel and see how negotiations progressed before reducing the bombing further. On the eve of the Saigon Conference, 7–8 July 1967, Secretary McNamara had tentatively concluded that we should stop the bombing above the 20th parallel.
