00518237 3-5710 UNCLASSIFIED 2440831 09-01-1970 2440860 09-30-1970

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063 18929 K7260 518 735 2451648 04-13-2000 06 51 2451646 04-11-2000 2451655 04-20-2000 AIR OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA SUMMARIZED. GROUND ACTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM CONTINUED. TACTICAL AIR ASSETS REDUCED DUE TO DEPARTURE OF 31 TACTICAL FIGHTER WING (TFW). SORTIES FLOWN IN CAMBODIA INCREASED AND ATTACK SORTIES DECREASED. ENEMY INTERDICTION EFFORTS INCREASED.TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS FLOWN OVER NORTH VIETNAM DECREASED. STEEL TIGER INTERDICTION PROGRAM WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE BAN KARAI AND BAN RAVING AREA. 39 AIRCRAFT WERE LOST TO ENEMY ACTION. NONE DIRECTORATE OF TACTICAL EVALUATION, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF/OPERATIONS, HEADQUARTERS, PACAF PROJECT CORONA HARVEST DOCUMENT 0242885. INCLUDES STASTISTICAL CHARTS AND GRAPHS ILLUSTRATING TOTAL FIXED WING ATTACK SORTIES BY SERVICE, ORDNANCE DELIVERED BY TON, COMBAT SORTIE GENERATION RATES, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) AIRCRAFT ORDER OF BATTLE FOR SOUTH VIETNAM AND THAILAND BASES, COMBAT AND COMBAT SUPPORT SORTIES, NORTH VIETNAM RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM, LAOS INTERDICTION PROGRAM, SOUTH VIETNAM (REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM) AIR SUMMARY, ATTACK SORTIES, AIRCRAFT COMBAT LOSSES. ALSO DISCUSSES CLIMATOLOGY AND WEATHER EFFECTS ON OPERATIONS. 2451655 04-20-2000 'p' 2451655 04-20-2000