In Popular Culture
- There is a brief reference to 'Operation Arc Light' in the film Apocalypse Now by the character "Captain Willard", played by Martin Sheen. As the river boat (PBR) carrying Willard is moving up the coast to rendezvous with the air cavalry escort, they hear the rumble of a B-52 strike in the distance. When the character "Chef" asks what's going on, Willard replies, "Arc Light, B-52 strike".
- In the video game Men of Valor, while at a besieged Khe Sahn, Dean and Hoss are informed that Dean's brother Jamie's squad is being overrun by NVA regulars and that they just called in an Arc Light on their own position. Later on after safely returning to Khe Sanh the Marines witness a B-52 strike up close.
- In the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, an Arc Light strike occurs on the NVA troops at the end of the level "S.O.G."
- A supervillainess in the X-Men comic books is called Arclight. Se has super-strength and skill at utilizing ground-based shockwave attacks.
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