00518338 3-8725-5 SECRET 2441073 05-01-1971 2441103 05-31-1971

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18936 K7266 1075 1170 2451718 06-22-2000 06 51 2451717 06-21-2000 2451744 07-18-2000 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE OVER ROUTE PACKAGE 1 (RP1) DECREASED. TWO ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (AAA) GROUND FIRE REACTIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AND THEIR ESCORTS OCCURRED. LAOS: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED WITH 95 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS MAINTAINED. STEEL TIGER: ATTACK SORTIES INCREASED. 953 MISSIONS FLOWN BY STRATEGIC BOMBERS OVER LAOS. ENEMY STANDARD ARM MISSILE (SAM) ACTIVITY REMAINED HIGH. LAOS PANHANDLE: LOGISTICS ACTIVITY DECLINED. BOMB DAMAGE IN STRIKE AREAS DECREASED. BARREL ROLL: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED WITH 94 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS. ATTACK SORTIES DECLINED. CLOSE AIR SUPPORT ACTIVITY AND INTERDICTION DECLINED. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED. STRIKE SORTIES DECLINED. STRIKE EFFORTS CONCENTRATED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF KOMPONG CHAM AND KRATIE AND IN THE PICH NIL PASS AREAS. BOMB DAMAGE INCREASED. AIRCRAFT UTILIZED INCLUDED: F-105, F-4, RF-4, AND AC-130. NOFORN DABIN NUMBER 0253058. 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. 2451744 07-18-2000 'p' 2451744 07-18-2000