Usaf Fac Operations In Southeast Asia 1961 1965

Author : Office of Office of Air Force History
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508933847
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USAF, Fac Operations in Southeast Asia, 1961-1965 written by Office of Office of Air Force History and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first of a two-part history of Air Force forward air control operations in Southeast Asia. Part II currently in preparation, will take the story through the years 1965-1970, a period which witnessed many thousands of air control missions flown in support of U.S., South Vietnamese and Allied ground combat units during operations against enemy forces. In this narrative, Major Rowley describes the many problems which faced the first air controllers after their arrival in South Vietnam in early 1962. He discusses their efforts to overcome the language barrier and help train Vietnamese Air Force personnel, their role in establishing a centralized air control system, and the tactics and techniques they developed during the years prior to President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision in 1965 to dispatch large U.S. ground forces to Southeast Asia to help thwart the attempted conquest of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese. Major Rowley's study is one of a series of historical works currently being written by Air Force historians on air operations in Southeast Asia. His account is based on primary source materials in the Office of Air Force History; the USAF Historical Archives at Maxwell AFB. Ala.; the Air University Library; and the records of the Air Staff and the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. The author has examined official correspondence- - letters, memoranda, and working papers- -plus a variety of historical studies and reports, including organizational histories. Interviews with forward air controllers and other key personnel-conducted both by the author and other military historians- -also were drawn upon. Transcripts of these are available in the Office of Air Force History or in the collections of the Historical Archives at Maxwell AFB. Ala.

Author : Ralph A. Rowley
Publisher : Military Bookshop
ISBN 13 : 9781780399980
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Air Force in Southeast Asia written by Ralph A. Rowley and published by Military Bookshop. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently declassified study written in January 1972. Describes the many problems which faced the first air controllers after their arrival in South Vietnam in early 1962. He discusses their efforts to overcome the language barrier and help train Vietnamese Air Force personnel, their role in establishing a centralized air control system, and the tactics and techniques they developed during the years prior to President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision in 1965 to dispatch large U. S. ground forces to Southeast Asia to help thwart the attempted conquest of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese.

Author : Robert Frank Futrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia written by Robert Frank Futrell and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ralph A. Rowley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780396569
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Air Force in Southeast Asia written by Ralph A. Rowley and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently declassified study from May 1975. Complete study except short foreword is missing.

Author : Carl Berger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973 written by Carl Berger and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carl Berger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia written by Carl Berger and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Frank Futrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Download or read book The Advisory Years to 1965 written by Robert Frank Futrell and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the first of a series titled The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. It tells the story of the Air Force's involvement in the region from the end of the second World War until the major infusion of American troops into Vietnam in 1965. During these years, and most noticeably after 1961, the Air Force's principal role in Southeast Asia was to advise the Vietnamese Air Force in its struggle against insurgents seeking the collapse of the Saigon Government. This story includes some issues of universal applicability to the Air Force: the role of air power in an insurgency, the most effective way to advise a foreign ally, and how to coordinate with other American agencies (both military and civilian) which are doing the same thing. It also deals iwth issues unique to the Vietnamese conflict: how to coordinate a centralized, technological modern air force with a feudal, decentralized, indigenous one without overwhelming it, and how best to adapt fighter, reconnaissance, airlift, and liaison planes to a jungle environment. Additional volumes in this series will tell the story of the Air Force in South Vietnam, in Laos, and over North Vietnam until the cessation of the Air Force's direct role in 1973, (Author).

Author : Office of Office of Air Force History
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508919834
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USAF Plans and Operations in Southeast Asia, 1965 written by Office of Office of Air Force History and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study highlights USAF plans, policies, and operations in Southeast Asia during 1965, especially as they were significantly changed by the President's key decisions to bomb North Vietnam and transform the U.S. advisory role in South Vietnam to one of active military support. The author focuses on USAF participation in the development of policy for prosecuting the war, the build-up of U.S. military strength in the theater, and the gradually intensified air operations against enemy forces in South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and Laos. USAF Plans and Operations in Southeast Asia, 1965 follows two other recent studies by the USAF Historical Division Liaison Office dealing specifically with the war: USAF Plans and Policies in South Vietnam and Laos, 1964 and USAF Plans and Policies in South Vietnam, 1961-1963. In addition, the USAF Historical Division Liaison Office is currently preparing a companion study of Air Force plans and policies dealing with personnel, logistics, construction, and other activities during 1965 in support of the operational forces in Southeast Asia.

Author : Robert Futrell
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781477599112
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United States Air Force in South East Asia: the Advisory Years To 1965 written by Robert Futrell and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication tells the story of the United States Ari Force's involvement in the region form the end of the second World War until the major infusion of American troops into Vietnam in1965. During these years, and most noticeably after 1961, the Air Force's principal role in Southeast Asia was to advise the Vietnamese Air Force in its struggle against insurgents seeking the collapse of the Saigon government. This story includes some issues of universal applicability to the Air Force: the role of air power in an insurgency, the most effective way to advise a foreign ally, and how to coordinate with other American agencies (both military and civilian) which are doing the same thing. It also deals with issue unique to the Vietnamese conflict: how to coordinate a centralized, technological modern air force with a feudal, decentralized, indigenous one without overwhelming it, and how best to adapt fighter, reconnaissance, airlift, and liaison planes to a jungle environment.

Author : John Schlight
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in South Vietnam written by John Schlight and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 1988 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Documents the Air Force's support of the ground war in South Vietnam from 1965 to early 1968. Includes sections on the air campaign conducted during the Communists' siege of the Marine camp of Khe Sanh. Also contains several appendices, a glossary, and bibliographical notes.