00518246 3-6033-1 UNCLASSIFIED 2441104 06-01-1971 2441133 06-30-1971

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063 18929 K7260 2445 2656 2451653 04-18-2000 06 51 2451652 04-17-2000 2451655 04-20-2000 JUNE RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHY VERIFIED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROAD WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST DIRECT INPUT ROUTE FROM NORTH VIETNAM TO SOUTH VIETNAM WHEN COMPLETED. SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM) FIRING WAS DIRECTED AGAINST AN RF-4. BARREL ROLL CONTINUED. TRAVEL ON STEEL TIGER INFILTRATION ROUTES DIFFICULT DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND EFFECTS OF ALLIED BOMBING. PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES REOCCUPIED DONG HENE AND ADVANCED TOWARD MUONG PHALANE, IN CENTRAL LAOS. NORTH VIETNAMESE COUNTERATTACK STOPPED A FIVE-BATTALION PRO-GOVERNMENT OPERATION TO RETAKE PAKSONG. PROTECTIVE REACTION STRIKES CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO NORTH VIETNAM'S CROSS-BORDER FIRE. EIGHTEEN AIRCRAFT LOST TO ENEMY ACTION. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER (FAC)/JET FIGHTER STRIKE COMBINATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FLEW THEIR LAST USAF MISSION. 6 SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON (SOS) EQUIPPED WITH C-123K AIRCRAFT, INACTIVATED 15 JUN. F-100 AIRCRAFT TERMINATED OPERATIONS 26 JUN. 190 F-100 AIRCRAFT REPORTED LOST TO ENEMY ACTION. FIVE-MINUTE AIR DEFENSE ALERT CAPABILITY WAS ORDERED ESTABLISHED AT NAKHON PHANOM AIRPORT, THAILAND. NONE PROJECT CORONA HARVEST DOCUMENT 0253483. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING OF JUN 71. CONTAINS STATISTICAL CHARTS, GRAPHS, MAPS, AND WEATHER SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATING CLOUD PATTERNS OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA. 2451655 04-20-2000 'p' 2451655 04-20-2000