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PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063 18932 K7262 450 688 2451653 04-18-2000 06 51 2451652 04-17-2000 2451655 04-20-2000 ATTACK SORTIES INCREASED DUE TO IMPROVED WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BOMBING RESTRICTIONS. ATTACK SORTIES IN LAOS WERE CLOSE AIR SUPPORT MISSIONS. ARC LIGHT SORTIES CONTINUED. TACTICAL AIR (TACAIR) AND GUNSHIP SORTIES FLOWN IN-COUNTRY INCREASED. CAMBODIA: MILITARY ACTIVITY IN KHMER REPUBLIC INCREASED. VIETNAM AIR FORCE (VNAF) TACAIR SUPPORT INCREASED. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) TACAIR SORTIES DECREASED DUE TO THE DEACTIVATION OF USAF A-37 ATTACK AIRCRAFT FROM 8 SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON (SOS). NORTH VIETNAM: UNITED STATES LINEBACKER OPERATIONS CEASED 23 OCT. USAF ATTACK SORTIES AND NIGHT STRIKE/ARMED RECONNAISSANCE SORTIES DECREASED. AIRCRAFT LOSSES INCLUDED F-4, A-7, F-4D, FIXED-WING AND ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT. NONE DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS ANALYSIS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF/OPERATIONS, HEADQUARTERS PACAF. PROJECT CORONA HARVEST DOCUMENT 0581367. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING OCT 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