00518328 3-8366-7 UNCLASSIFIED 2002/07/28 2440769 07-01-1970 2440799 07-31-1970

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18936 K7266 201 289 2451675 05-10-2000 06 51 2451675 05-10-2000 2451690 05-25-2000 ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP-1): LOGISTICS ACTIVITY INCREASED. SIDE-LOOKING AIRBORNE RADAR (SLAR) DETECTIONS SOUTH OF DONG HOI INCREASED. STEEL TIGER: ATTACK SORTIES INCREASED. TARGET DISTRIBUTION CONCENTRATED ON NON-FLEETING TARGETS. TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. THREE AIRCRAFT LOST IN SOUTHERN LAOS RESULTED IN ONE CREW MEMBER KILLED, TWO MISSING, AND TWO RECOVERED. LAOS PANHANDLE: TACTICAL STRIKE EFFORTS CONTINUED. BARREL ROLL: AIR FORCE SORTIES INCREASED. DISTRIBUTION BY TARGET CONTINUED AGAINST TRUCKS. TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED. TOTAL STRIKE RESULTS INCREASED. F-4D AIRCRAFT ESCORTING AND AC-119 AIRCRAFT LOST. LAOS SUMMARY: ALL ATTACK AND RECONNAISSANCE SORTIES FLOWN BY NAVY. CAMBODIA: ATTACK SORTIES DECREASED. RECONNAISSANCE SORTIES DECREASED BUT EFFECTIVENESS INCREASED. OV-10 AIRCRAFT AND PILOT FROM PLEIKU LOST. TACTICAL AIR ACTIVITY DECREASED. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0251461. 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 PROJECT JENNY (AIRCRAFT USED TO RETRANSMIT CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT RADIO BROADCASTS) 2451690 05-25-2000 'p' 2451690 05-25-2000