Project CHECO Southeast Asia Report. Air War in the DMZ, January - August 1967
Abstract
While it is recognized that decisions and actions far from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) directly or indirectly affect that area, this study has been confined to the DMZ, to those regions contiguous to the DMZ, and to the major lines of communication (LOC) furnishing infiltration routes into South Vietnam. Ground actions have been detailed to provide the background for air operations. Principal strike objectives in and around the DMZ have been the LOCs through NVN and Laos, which carry heavy supplies to the NVA/VC forces. The mission objectives were intended to deprive the Communist forces in SVN of the basic materials of war essential to any sustained program of conventional warfare. In addition to interrupting the delivery of war materials, U.S. planners had hoped that disruptive strikes would slow infiltration, as the enemy observed that logistic deficiencies would allow only the maintenance of present or reduced force levels in SVN. This study continues the CHECO report, "Air Operations in the DMZ, 1966", published on 13 February 1967; it covers the period of January through December 1966.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 20, 1968
- Accession Number
- ADA586119
Entities
People
- L. E. Paterson
Organizations
- Pacific Air Forces