00518332 3-8366-11 UNCLASSIFIED 2002/07/28 2440892 11-01-1970 2440921 11-30-1970

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18936 K7266 552 633 2451675 05-10-2000 06 51 2451675 05-10-2000 2451690 05-25-2000 A SQUADRON OF RF-4 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED UDORN FOR THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES 9 NOV. THE LONE SQUADRON OF RF-101 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON 15 NOV. ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP-1): TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED. TOTAL STRIKE MISSION INCREASED. STEEL TIGER: INTERDICTION PROGRAM HINDERED ENEMY'S ABILITY TO OUTPUT LARGE QUANTITIES OF SUPPLIES. BARREL ROLL: NORTH VIETNAMESE CONCENTRATED ON OPENING REMAINING INTERDICTION POINTS. LAOS: F-105G AIRCRAFT LOST. CREW MEMBERS WERE RECOVERED. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED. TACTICAL AIR SORTIES DECREASED. STRIKE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF WATERCRAFT IN THE VICINITY OF KRATIE. OV-10 AIRCRAFT DOWNED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE. CREW MEMBERS WERE RECOVERED. TACTICAL AIR ACTIVITY INCREASED. BOMBING AGAINST INTERDICTION AREAS IN THE LAOTIAN PANHANDLE CONTINUED. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0251455. 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 2451690 05-25-2000 'p' 2451690 05-25-2000