Project CHECO Southeast Asia Report. Post-Pueblo USAF Actions Korea/Japan, January 1968-January 1969
Abstract
This report addresses post-Pueblo actions in Korea and Japan during 1968 and early 1969 that impacted on the USAF posture and operations in Northeast Asia. The purpose is to bring these actions and the associated political climate into proper perspective, and to provide a narrative base of reference for on-going planning actions relative to Korea. Narrative presentation is confined to seven operational areas considered to have most import to USAF planners: (1) The Threat, (2) USAF/ROKAF Posture, (3) Air Force Role in Counterinfiltration, (4) The Air Defense System, (5) The Tactical Air Control System, (6) Reconnaissance and Surveillance, and (7) Command and Control. Throughout the research phase of this project, it was found that the correlation between Southeast Asia experience and prospective combat operations in Korea was a constant consideration -- the propensity for relating the two being inevitable. One salient lesson learned reiterated by developments in Korea was the danger of routinely isolating the Southeast Asia conflict or any singular confrontation with communism from the overall communist . threat; conversely, operational concepts and trends that have evolved in Southeast Asia are not necessarily applicable to Korea or other situations. Should hostilities develop in Korea, it is doubtful that they would parallel the SEA conflict. In any event, air operations would still have to be tailored to the environment and tactics employed by the enemy. The point is simply that lessons learned in one situation require fine sifting for their applicability to another.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 25, 1969
- Accession Number
- ADA586300
Entities
People
- Maurice L. Griffith
- Warren A. Trest
Organizations
- Pacific Air Forces