Project CHECO Southeast Asia Report. III DASC Operations

Abstract

The Seventh Air Force "In-Country Tactical Air Operations Handbook" (7AF Pamphlet 55-1), defines a Direct Air Support Center (DASC) as a subordinate operational component of the Tactical Air Control System (TACS) designed for control and direction of close air support (CAS) and other tactical air support (TAS) operations III DASC was under the control of the Tactical Air Control Center (TACC) which was collocated with Headquarters, Seventh Air Force, at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam III DASC was located at Army of Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), III Corps Headquarters, located adjacent to Bien Hoa Air Base. The II Field Force Vietnam (FFV), located at Long Binh in the ARVN III Corps area of responsibility, was supported by III DASC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
ADA486823

Entities

People

  • Louis M. Mcdermott

Organizations

  • Pacific Air Forces

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Control Centers
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Close Support
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Fire Support
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Southeast Asia
  • Tactical Air Support
  • Three Dimensional
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Business Analytics
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.