Jimmy Stewart’s Vietnam Bombing Mission – What Movie Was THAT?

Capt. Bob Amos, pilot of the B-52, Green-2

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Guam, February 1966: A B-52 back from a highly classified Arc Light bombing run over Vietnam was headed in for what was supposed to be a routine landing. The crew had done so dozens of times without incident. So this time should be no different, right? However, when Capt. Bob Amos heard his copilot, Capt. Lee Meyers, exclaim nervously, “The flaps are splitting!” Amos’s heart dropped. With the flaps coming down more on one side...

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