The Vietnam War was the longest war in the United States history that ended in a stalemate with the North Vietnam government. According to the United States History website, promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reached back into the Truman Administration. Through three Presidents, and decades of fighting the war, the United States failed to achieve its goals. Air combat became prevalent in the Vietnam war. There were more bombs dropped in this war than in World War II. According to the video, hundreds of thousands of rockets were fired, millions of cannon shells and bullets were expended, and it was the war that every type of aircraft was used. Air forces
