OVER WAR—THUD VOICES

Cade Martin Photography 

Operation Rolling Thunder was the code name for an American aerial bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968.

Over 2,000 aircraft attacked thousands of targets, dropping more than 7 million tons of bombs. The gradual and sustained aerial bombing campaign ranks as one of the most massive in U.S. history.

For years, in the face of so many loud voices taking stock and making record of this controversial war, the men who flew the missions have been notably silent.

Over War is a portrait series that reveals the scope and reality of the conflict from the vantage point of pilots who flew the Republic F-105 Thunderchief, also known as the “Thud”. A staggering 48% of all F-105 airframes built were lost in Southeast Asia, along with more than 150 Thud airmen killed in the line of duty.