00518333 3-8366-12 UNCLASSIFIED 2002/07/28 2440922 12-01-1970 2440952 12-31-1970

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18936 K7266 634 711 2451675 05-10-2000 06 51 2451675 05-10-2000 2451690 05-25-2000 DISCUSSES OUT-COUNTRY AIR FORCE ACTIVITY. ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP-1): TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. LAOS: RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. ATTACK SORTIES INCREASED. PATHFINDER STRIKE TACTICS WERE EMPLOYED IN STEEL TIGER. BARREL ROLL: ENEMY ROAD CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED. VEHICLE ATTRITION AND SECONDARY FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS INCREASED. NORTH VIETNAMESE LOGISTICS ACTIVITY INCREASED. TACTICAL AND B-52 STRIKE EFFORT CONTINUED IN FOUR INTERDICTION AREAS. ARC LIGHT SORTIES INCREASED. 7 AIR FORCE INCREASED NIGHT TRUCK KILLING EFFORT. TOTAL STRIKE EFFORTS INCREASED. SEVEN AIRCRAFT LOST TO ENEMY GROUND FIRE. ONE CREWMAN KILLED, FOUR MISSING, AND EIGHT RECOVERED. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. A PHAN RANG F-100D AIRCRAFT ON AN INTERDICTION MISSION NEAR KAMPONG CHAM WAS HIT BY GROUND FIRE. PILOT EJECTED AND PICKED UP BY VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE HELICOPTER. GROUND OPERATIONS WITH A-1, F-4, AND AC-119K AIRCRAFT AND QUICK REACTION RESOURCES EMPHASIZED. INTERDICTION AND STRIKES CONTINUED WITH INCREASED EMPHASIS ON TRUCKS, TRUCK PARKS, AND STORAGE AREAS. LONG RANGE AIRBORNE NAVIGATION (LORAN) EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT USED TO IMPROVE INCLEMENT WEATHER DELIVERY ACCURACIES. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0251456. 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