On 13 May 1972 8th TFW F-4s equipped with laser-guided bombs succeeded in dropping a span of the Thanh Hóa Bridge which had been unscathed despite hundreds of previous attacks.
On May 13, 1972, 8th TFW F-4 aircraft armed with laser-guided bombs succeeded in destroying a part of the unscathed Thanh Hóa Bridge, having been subjected to hundreds of prior strikes.