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Operation Flaming Dart
Part of the Vietnam War
Date7–24 February 1965
Location
North Vietnam
Result Strategic USAF and RVNAF failure; escalation of the war
Belligerents
Operation Flaming Dart United States
Operation Flaming Dart South Vietnam
Operation Flaming Dart North Vietnam
Operation Flaming Dart Vietcong
Commanders and leaders
United States Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh

Operation Flaming Dart was a U.S. and South Vietnamese military operation, conducted in two parts, during the Vietnam War.

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