00518336 3-8725-3 UNCLASSIFIED 2002/07/28 2441012 03-01-1971 2441042 03-31-1971

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18936 K7266 892 988 2451675 05-10-2000 06 51 2451680 05-15-2000 2451690 05-25-2000 ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP-1): RECONNAISSANCE ACTIVITY INCREASED WITH INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS. VEHICLE ACTIVITY INCREASED ALONG ROUTE 15, NORTH OF MU GIA PASS. F-4 AIRCRAFT FLYING ARMED ESCORT MISSION LOST TO SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM VICINITY OF DONG HOI. RECONNAISSANCE EFFORT INCREASED WITH 98 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS. STEEL TIGER: B-52 MISSIONS CONTINUED. AIR TO GROUND MISSILE FIRING EXPENDED BY F-105 IRON HAND AIRCRAFT. FOUR AIRCRAFT LOST TO ENEMY GROUND FIRE. LAMSON 719: 4776 STRIKE SORTIES FLOWN. ARC LIGHT SORTIES INCREASED. TACTICAL AIR STRIKES AGAINST MAJOR INTERDICTION AREAS DECREASED. VEHICLE ATTRITION INCREASED DUE TO AC-130 AND AC-119 GUNSHIPS. BARREL ROLL: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SORTIES INCREASED. ATTACK SORTIES INCREASED. SUPPORT OF FRIENDLY GROUND FORCES EMPHASIZED. TACTICAL AIR SORTIES CONCENTRATED IN PLAINE DES JARRES. CH-53 AIRCRAFT LOST TO ENEMY GROUND FIRE. LAOS: TOTAL RECONNAISSANCE HIGH WITH 98 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS. TOTAL ATTACK SORTIES INCREASED. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED WITH 90 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS. ATTACK SORTIES SUSTAINED HIGH LEVEL OF AIR ACTIVITY. DAYLIGHT STRIKE ACTIVITY EMPHASIZED. MAJOR STRIKES EMPHASIZED IN KAMPONG CHAM AND KRATIE PROVINCES. A-37 AIRCRAFT ON WEAPONS DELIVERY PASS EXPLODED WHEN HIT BY ENEMY GROUND FIRE NORTHWEST OF KOMPONG CHAM. TACTICAL AIR ACTIVITY INCREASED. INTERDICTION STRIKES CONCENTRATED ON INPUT ROUTES FROM LAOS IN THE NORTHEAST FREEDOM DEAL AREA, AND UNITED STATES TACTICAL AIR AUGMENTED VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE SORTIES IN INTERDICTION OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT ROUTES INTO REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0251453. 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 LOGISTIC 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. B-52 STRIKES TACTICAL AIR SORTIES VEHICLE ATTRITION 2451690 05-25-2000 'p' 2451690 05-25-2000