00518254 3-6948-2 UNCLASSIFIED 2441409 04-01-1972 2441438 04-30-1972

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063 18931 K7261-A 381 571 2451653 04-18-2000 06 51 2451652 04-17-2000 2451655 04-20-2000 AIR ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) INCREASED. SORTIE LEVELS INCREASED DUE TO INCREASED SORTIE RATE AND AUGMENTED UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT SQUADRONS/UNITED STATES NAVY (USN) CARRIERS. B-52 FORCES INCREASED. LAOS: AIR ACTIVITY, UNITED STATES ATTACK EFFORTS, AND ROYAL LAOTIAN AIR FORCE (RLAF) DECREASED AS A RESULT OF REALLOCATIONS OF AIR ASSETS TO NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM. GROUND ACTIVITY INFLUENCED BY RAINY SEASON. SOUTH VIETNAM: IN MILITARY REGION I (MR-1) ENEMY FORCES OVERRAN SEVERAL FIRE SUPPORT BASES. MR-2, COMMUNIST FORCES LAUNCHED ATTACKS IN KONTUM PROVINCE AND INCREASED ACTIVITY ALONG ROCKET RIDGE. IN MR-3, LOC NINH FELL INTO ENEMY HANDS AND ATTACKS ON AN LOC INCREASED. COMMUNIST FORCES INFILTRATED CAMBODIA ALONG THE KEIN TRONG/KIEN PHONG PROVINCAL BORDER. CAMBODIA: ENEMY HARASSMSNT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SHOCK TO KHMER REPUBLIC CONTINUED. TOTAL AIR ATTACK EFFORT, B-52 MISSIONS, AND ARC LIGHT EFFORT DECREASED. NORTH VIETNAM: STRIKES AGAINST NORTH VIETNAM TARGETS RESUMED WITH INITIATION OF OPERATIONS FREEDOM TRAIN 6 APR AS A RESULT OF NORTH VIETNAM'S INVASION OF SOUTH VIETNAM. AIRCRAFT LOSSES INCLUDED F-105, RF-4, F-4, A-7, F-4B, F-4E, FIXED-WING, AND ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT. NONE DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS ANALYSIS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF/OPERATIONS, HEADQUARTERS PACAF. PROJECT CORONA HARVEST DOCUMENT 0581023. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING APR 72. CONTAINS STATISTICAL CHARTS, GRAPHS, MAPS, AND WEATHER SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATING CLOUD PATTERNS OVER SOUTHEAST ASIA. 2451655 04-20-2000 'p' 2451655 04-20-2000