00518327 3-8366-6 UNCLASSIFIED 2002/07/28 2440739 06-01-1970 2440768 06-30-1970

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18936 K7266 101 200 2451675 05-10-2000 06 51 2451675 05-10-2000 2451690 05-25-2000 WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE UNFAVORABLE FOR SOUTHWEST ASIA BUT FAVORABLE IN ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP-1) AREA. BARREL ROLL AND STEEL TIGER DECREASED. RP-1: MEDIUM ALTITUDE MANNED RECONNAISSANCE AT LOWEST LEVEL. NORTH VIETNAMESE RETURNED TO MORE NORMAL LOGISTICS OPERATIONS. COASTAL SHIPPING, OPEN SUPPLY STORAGE, AND TRUCKBORNE SUPPLY MOVEMENT INCREASED. LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR THE WESTERN DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ) BECAME MORE VISIBLE TO AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE. STEEL TIGER: ATTACK SORTIES CONTINUED TO DECREASE. TARGET DISTRIBUTION SHOWED HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF STRIKES EMPHASIZED ON STORAGE AREAS. LAOS PANHANDLE: INTERDICTION EFFORT AND WATER EROSION CONTRIBUTED TO DESTRUCTION OF SUPPLIES AND SUPPLY MOVEMENT. STEEL TIGER: FOUR AIRCRAFT AND ONE HELICOPTER WERE SHOT DOWN IN SOUTHERN LAOS RESULTING IN SIX CREW MEMBERS MISSING. OV-10 AIRCRAFT DAMAGED BY GROUND FIRE. BARREL ROLL: AIR FORCE ATTACK SORTIES DECLINED. GROUND FORCE SUPPORT DECREASED. INTERDICTION ACTIVITY INCREASED. RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED. STRIKE RESULTS DECREASED DUE TO INCREASED INCLEMENT WEATHER. F-4E AIRCRAFT AND TWO CREW MEMBERS LOST. LAOS SUMMARY: ATTACK AND RECONNAISSANCE RESOURCES DECREASED. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. ALLIED GROUND FORCES CAPTURED 8500 TONS OF FOOD AND AMMUNITION. TWO AIRCRAFT DOWNED BY GROUND FIRE RESULTING IN THREE CREW MEMBERS LOST. TACTICAL AIR ACTIVITY DECREASED. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0251448. SUMMARY BRIEFING PRESENTED TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PACIFIC (CINCPAC) ON SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) AIR OPERATIONS IN LAOS AND ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP-1) IN NORTH VIETNAM, CAMBODIA HIGHLIGHTING STRIKE AND RECONNAISSANCE OPERATIONS OF THE 7 AIR FORCE (AF) AND ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC). INCLUDES DETAILS RELATIVE TO WEATHER, ROUTE PACKAGE 1 RECONNAISSANCE, DEFENSE REACTIONS, NORTH VIETNAMESE LOGISTICS INTENTIONS, STEEL TIGER, IGLOO WHITE, LAOTIAN PANHANDLE STRIKES, BARREL ROLL, SORTIE EFFORTS, CAMBODIA, AND INTELLIGENCE. ALSO INCLUDES MAPS, STATISTICAL CHARTS AND GRAPHS, AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. INTERDICTION B-52 BOMBING PAVEWAY II (ELECTRO-OPTICAL GUIDED BOMB) 2451690 05-25-2000 'p' 2451690 05-25-2000