 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1965, Eighth Air Force yakapinda muhondo zvakare, panguva ino muSoutheast Asia. Pakutanga, Eighth yakatumira mabhomba ayo eB-52 uye KC-135 zvikwata zvematangi kubva kuU.S. kuenda kunzvimbo dzinoshanda muGuam, Okinawa neThailand. Zvadaro muna April 1970, SAC yakatamisa Eighth pasina vashandi kana midziyo kuAndersen AFB Guam, ichitora zviwanikwa zve3d Air Division. PaAndersen AFB, wechisere akatora kutungamira kwebhomba rose uye kushanda kwemafuta muSoutheast Asia. Kubhomba kukuru kweHanoi neHaiphong kwamazuva 11 muna December 1972, kunozivikanwa seOperation Linebacker II, yakanga iri imwe yenguva dzakakwirira dzamakore iwayo ehondo. Zvinokosha zvikuru, kubudirira kwebhomba rechisere kwakapesvedzera vokuNorth Vietnam kuti vapedze hondo. Nokuguma kwehondo muSoutheast Asia, Eighth Air Force yakatamira pasina vashandi kana midziyo kuBarksdale AFB Louisiana musi wa1 Ndira 1975, ichitora zviwanikwa zveChipiri Air Force. 