Operation Flaming Dart

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

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