00518342 3-8725-9 UNCLASSIFIED 2441196 09-01-1971 2441225 09-30-1971

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18937 K7267 195 289 2451718 06-22-2000 06 51 2451717 06-21-2000 2451744 07-18-2000 ROUTE PACKAGE (RP) 1: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. STEEL TIGER: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN LAOS PANHANDLE SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE. STRIKE ACTIVITY INCREASED. LAOS PANHANDLE: VEHICLE ACTIVITY DECLINED. NORTH VIETNAMESE CONCENTRATED ON BUILDING NEW ROADS. VEHICLE ATTRITION INCREASED. F-4E HIGH SPEED AIRCRAFT AND CREW REPORTED MISSING IN CENTRAL STEEL TIGER. BARREL ROLL: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. ATTACK SORTIES INCREASED RESULTING FROM CLOSE AIR SUPPORT MISSIONS FOR FRIENDLY GROUND OPERATIONS IN THE PLAINE DES JARRES. STRIKE SORTIES CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA FROM BAN BAN TO THE PLAINE DES JARRES IN SUPPORT OF GEN VANG PAO'S OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS. BARRELL ROLL AIRCRAFT LOST INCLUDED F-4D, F-4, AND A-1E. LAOS: ATTACK SORTIES AND TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED. ATTACK EFFORTS DECLINED. ARC LIGHT MISSIONS INCREASED. SORTIE STRIKES SUPPORTED CHENLA II OPERATIONS. AN OV-10 AIRCRAFT ON A FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER (FAC) MISSIONS HIT BY ENEMY GROUND FIRE. CREW MEMBERS BAILED OUT AND RECOVERED BY FRIENDLY GROUND FORCES. INTERDICTION MONITORED CLOSELY IN SOUTHERN LAOS. TACTICAL AIR AND GUNSHIPS SUPPORTED FRIENDLY GROUND OPERATIONS AND CONTINUED INTERDICTION EFFORTS. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0262939. 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. OPERATION PRIZE BULL 2451744 07-18-2000 'p' 2451744 07-18-2000