Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air War College, Airpower Research Institute, 1979. Presumed later printing. Trade paperback. xvi, 208 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Tabular Data. Appendix. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Brigadier general James Russell McCarthy (3 September 1930 - 15 February 2024) was a United States Air Force (USAF) officer. While commander of the 43rd Strategic Wing, he was awarded the Air Force Cross for leading his wing in the largest B-52 raid against heavily defended targets in the Hanoi area during Operation Linebacker II on 26 December 1972. He flew more than 1,200 combat missions in Southeast Asia in such diverse aircraft as the B-52, C-123, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II and KC-135. He was co-author of Linebacker II: A view from the rock, the official USAF history of Operation Linebacker II B-52 operations from Guam. More