PROJECTS, PROGRAMS
AND
OPERATIONS
Code
Name |
Command |
Unit |
Time
Frame |
Comments |
4802
Joint Liason Det |
CIA
Combined |
|
1963
(?) |
CIA
"logistics" office at Udorn |
Able
Mable |
USAF |
|
Nov
1961 |
RF-101
Rceon Task force operating over selected portions of Laos and SVN |
Alamo |
Combined |
|
1975 |
Plan
for the last ditch defense of Tan Son Nhut for the evacuation of
Saigon. Not implemented |
Alfred |
CIA/DIA
Combined |
|
|
Code
Name for member to ICC Staff passing POW information to the US |
Alpha
Team |
USAF |
|
|
TFA
personnel who analyzed Igloo White data and requested air strikes
thru on-site ABCCC |
Aquatone |
|
|
|
Early
name for the U-2 project |
Arc
Light |
USAF |
320
Bomb Wg |
18
Jun 65 |
B-52project
with first a/c coming from Guam. 1st mission, 2 a/c lost to mid-air
off Philipines. 1st Laos mission 12 Dec 65 |
Banish
Beach |
USAF |
|
|
Proposal
to attack HCM trail with C-130 a/c loaded with fire bombs. Never
executed |
USAF
Navy |
|
14
Dec. 64 |
Air
Campaign and ops area. Northeastern
Laos to NVN border |
|
Beef
Broth |
USAF |
|
1965 |
Buildup
of TAC units in the US to replace units deployed to SEA |
Benson
Silk |
SOG |
|
|
Operation
to print and distribute counterfeit NVN currency |
Big
Eagle |
USAF |
Det
9, lst ACW |
8
Jun 66 - 13
Jan 67 |
8
A-26As join 606 Air Commando Sq at NKP for Combat Evaluation |
Big Eye/ College Eye Task Force | USAF | 552 AEW&C Wg | 1965 - early 70's | Airborne Early Warning & Control, and Intelligence |
Big
Shoot |
USAF
(A/C) |
|
|
AC-47
Development Project |
Birdcadge |
Allied |
|
August
1945 |
`Operations
to inform Siam and other areas of the Jap surrender.
Over 33,000,000 leaflets were dropped on 90 POW Camps and 150
Japanese military installations. |
Black
Crow |
USAF |
|
|
Detection
device employed by gunships over HCM trail to detect truck ignitions |
Black
Spot |
USAF |
|
|
NC-123
equipped with forward-looking radar, low-light-level TV, Fwd-looking
infrared, laser ranger, advanced nav sys, weapons release computer
and dispensers for BLUs |
Black
Watch |
USAF |
|
29
May - 21 Jul 62 |
RB-26
low and medium altitude night recon missions over SVN and Laos |
Blackbeard |
SF |
|
|
|
Blind Bat | USAF | 1966 - | Program using C-130s as flareships and FACs over Laos | |
Blue
Springs |
USAF |
|
1964 |
SAC
recon ops over Laos, part of OPLAN-34A |
Blue
Tree |
USAF |
|
1965 |
RF-101
Recce Ops over NVN |
Bolo |
USAF |
8
TFWg |
2
Jan 67 |
Mig
sweep resulting in 7 MIG kills |
Boostershot |
CIA |
|
1959 |
Team
of CIA Officers sent to Laos to help get out the vote (correctly) in
the Lao parlimentary elections.
"The elections turned out to be a disaster" for the
CIA |
Box
Top |
USAF |
55
SRW |
1964 |
ERB-47H
, TSN |
Briar
Patch |
USAF/
Combined |
|
1968 |
POW
compound near Ap Lo NVN. Name for planned raid to rescue POWs at
that camp. Never carried out |
Bright
Light |
Combined |
|
|
Joint
program to locate and rescue POWs and to rescue endangered teams and
downed aircrews |
Brotherhood |
US |
|
1954 |
US
sponsored program to encourage "free Asian" nations,
mainly the Philipines to send medical teams to rural SVN |
Bullet
Shot |
USAF |
2nd
Bomb Wg |
May
72 |
Deployment
of B-52s to support Linebacker II |
Burning
Arrow |
US/ARVN |
|
2
Jan 63 |
ARVN
operation supported by US flown H-21 helicopters |
Carolina
Moon |
USAF |
|
|
Plan
to use C-130 a/c to bomb bridges in NVN. |
Cheiu
Hoi |
Combined |
|
|
Program
to encourage VC/NVA defectors. |
Combat
Apple |
USAF |
82
SRSq, Kadena |
1965
- |
RC-135D/M
Overall SAC recon program for SEA |
Combat
Beaver |
USAF |
|
|
Selective
interdiction of key logistics hubs
with special emphasis on RPs II, II and IV |
Combat
Dawn |
USAF |
4080
SRW |
|
High
altitude Firebee (AQM-34Q/R) missions over NVN & China with
U-2Rs from U_Tapao |
Combat
Dragon |
USAF |
|
1967
-
30 Sep 72 |
604
ACS initial operations with A-37A Tweetie Birds |
Combat
Lancer |
USAF |
|
1967 |
Deployment
of the first 6 F-111A a/c to SEA for combat evaluation |
Combat
Recon Platoon |
SOG |
|
Jun
71 |
On
termination of Bright Light, Teams 1 & 2 for for downed pilot
recoveries and POW rescue. Team
#1, Kontum and Team #2 at Da Nang |
Combat
Sent |
USAF |
55
SRW |
1970 |
RC-135U,
Special Missions Recon |
Combat
Sky Spot |
USAF
|
|
|
MSQ-77
& SST-181 radar controlled bombing systems |
Combat
Spear |
USAF |
|
|
C-130
Team insertion and resupply. Team extraction using Fulton Recovery
Sys, Radio intercept and relay |
Combat
Talon |
USAF |
|
|
MC-130
modified for Spec Ops mission |
Combat
Tree |
USAF
Combined |
|
|
Electronic
sys to enable fighter a/c to identify enemy a/c from their IFF
signals |
Combat
Trident |
USAF |
|
1967 |
Initial
training program for F-111A crews for SEA deployment |
Commando
Club |
USAF |
|
|
Code
name for Sky Spot /TACAN site
in Northern Laos. Lima
85, Channel 97 |
Commando
Hunt 1 -6 |
USAF |
|
Nov.
68 - Oct 71 |
Series
of Air Ops in Southern Laos against HCM trail utilizing Igloo White
Sensors |
Commando
Lava |
USAF |
|
|
Application
of a harmless dry powder which breaks down soil stability.
HCM Trail |
Commando
Patch |
Combined |
|
|
Installation
of TACAN sites in Laos |
Commando
Sabre |
USAF |
|
|
Beginning
of the Fast FAC program using F-100F a/c |
Commando
Vault |
USAF |
|
|
Ops
involving dropping 15,000 lbs bombs from C-130 a/c |
Constant
Guard |
USAF |
|
Sep
1972 |
Deployment
of the F-111A squadron to Takhli as part of Linebacker I |
Constant Guard IV | USAF | TAC | April 1972 | Easter Offensive Deployment of the 49 TFWg to reopen Tahkli |
Copper
(Proj) |
404 |
|
Dec
70 |
Training
of Cambodians at Pakse for ops on Bolovens Plateau |
Copper
Coin |
USAF |
|
|
|
Cotton
Candy |
USAF |
|
|
SAC
recon |
Covey
Rider |
SOG |
20
TASS |
|
SOG
SF backseater during Covey FAC ops when supporting SOG |
Credible
Chase |
USAF |
|
|
Program
to fit STOL A/C for mini-gunship role.
AU-23 Pilatius Porter and AU 24 Helio Stallion |
Credible
Sport |
USAF |
|
|
Test
& evaluation program for Cambat Talon program |
Cricket
Program |
USAF |
|
12
Jan 66 |
Integration
of FACsm indig roadwatxch teams and ABCCC primarily against Rts: 8,
12, 23, 121, 911 and 912, between Nape and Mu Gai passes and
Tchepone (Rt 9) |
Dainel
Boone |
SF |
|
|
Cross
border operations into Cambodia |
Dart
Program |
USAF |
|
|
QV-22
Remotely Piloted a/c at NKP |
Deep
Proud Alpha |
USAF |
|
26
- 30 Dec 1971 |
Series
of US air strikes against targets in NVN |
Deer
Mission |
|
OSS |
16
Jul 1945 |
Small
American team parachuted in the Thai Nguyen, NVN to work with Ho Chi
Minh. Were greeted by
Viet Minh with signs saying "Welcome our American Friends" |