00518343 3-8725-10 UNCLASSIFIED 2441226 10-01-1971 2441255 10-30-1971

PACIFIC AIR FORCES

K717.3063-1 18937 K7267 290 358 2451718 06-22-2000 06 51 2451717 06-21-2000 2451744 07-18-2000 NORTHEAST MONSOON OFFICIALLY BEGAN. TYPHOON ELAINE AND HESTER STRUCK NORTH VIETNAMESE COAST. POOR FLYING CONDITIONS INCREASED. ROUTE PACKAGE (RP) 1: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE LOW WITH 83 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS. SA-2 MISSILES FIRED ON F-4 AIRCRAFT. STEEL TIGER: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE INCREASED WITH 98 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS. STRIKE SORTIES INCREASED SLIGHTLY AS B-52 AIRCRAFT CONTINUTED ATTACK EFFORTS IN THE PANHANDLE. BARREL ROLL: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED. STRIKE SORTIES REDUCED DUE TO REDUCTION IN REQUIREMENTS FOR CLOSE AIR SUPPORT IN THE PLAINE DES JARRES. CAMBODIA: TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE DECREASED WITH 82 PERCENT EFFECTIVENESS. REQUIREMENT FOR ATTACK EFFORTS INCREASED. ARC LIGHT SORTIES DOUBLED. COMBAT ACTIVITY DECREASED. NONE DABIN NUMBER 0263572. 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. INTERDICTION 2451744 07-18-2000 'p' 2451744 07-18-2000