00518331 3-8366-10 UNCLASSIFIED 2002/07/28 2440861 10-01-1970 2440890 10-30-1970

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18936 K7266 467 551 2451675 05-10-2000 06 51 2451675 05-10-2000 2451690 05-25-2000 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SORTIES FLOWN INCREASED. ACTIVITY IN ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP-1) INCREASED. LAOS: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED. STRIKE VERSION OF F-15 AIRCRAFT FLEW ITS LAST COMBAT MISSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 6 OCT. F-105G AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AS AN AUTONOMOUS WILD WEASEL SQUADRON AND USED AS IRON HAND ESCORT FOR B-52 BOMBERS ON THEIR MISSONS OVER LAOS. AC-130 GUNSHIP WEAPON SYSTEM RETURNED TO SOUTHEAST ASIA TO BE USED FOR COMMANDO HUNT V OPERATIONS. 13 BOMB SQUADRON, TACTICAL INTRODUCED AT UBON. TACTICAL STRIKES INCREASED. STRIKE SORTIES CONTINUED. BARREL ROLL: NORTH VIETNAMESE CONCENTRATED ON ROAD REPAIRS IN ORDER TO RE-ESTABLISH THE LOGISTICS FLOW IN SUPPORT OF FORCES IN THE PLAINE DES JARRES AREA. ENEMY ACTIVITY CONTINUED IN LAOIAN PANHANDLE. NEW INTEGRATED INTERDICTION CAMPAIGN INITIATED 10 OCT CONCENTRATED ON FOUR TARGET AREAS SOUTH OF THE THREE MAIN ENTRY POINTS. RF-4C FAILED TO RETURN FROM ITS PHOTO MISSION. CREW NOR AIRCRAFT LOCATED. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS DECREASED. ATTACKS SORTIES DECREASED. ARC LIGHT STRIKES DECREASED. TACTICAL STRIKES DECREASED. BOMB DAMAGE DECREASED. THREE FORWARD AIR CONTROL (FAC) AIRCRAFT LOST. TWO OF FIVE CREW MEMBERS RECOVERED. INTERDICTION CONTINUED. GUNSHIP FORCE AND B-57G AIRCRAFT ARMED RECONNAISSANCE OF LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR DESTRUCTION OF ENEMY MOVERS CONTINUED. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0251458. 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 RECONNAISSANCE TARGET DISTRIBUTION 2451690 05-25-2000 'p' 2451690 05-25-2000