Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973
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Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973 Illustrated Edition
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Author : Lt.-Colonel Roger P. Fox
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973 Illustrated Edition written by Lt.-Colonel Roger P. Fox and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
Includes 78 photos and 16 maps / charts This book explores the unique problem of defending air bases during the Vietnam War. It centers on the primary efforts of the United States Air Force and allied air units to defend 10 key air bases within the Republic of Vietnam. Bien Hoa, on 1 November 1964, was the first base to be attacked and until the cease-fire in January 1973, these bases suffered a total of 475 attacks. Although there were initial deficiencies in staff support for base defense in such key areas as intelligence, motor vehicles, weapons procurement and maintenance, communications, and civil engineering, significant improvements had been made by the end of the Air Force’s part in the war. The author, Lt. Col. Roger P. Fox, USAF (Ret.), wrote this volume while assigned to the Office of Air Force History. He brings judgments to his research based on his personal experience as a base security officer during the conflict. Thus, early on the morning of 4 December 1966, he rallied Air Force and South Vietnamese security forces to repel an enemy attempt to penetrate Tan Son Nhut Air Base, the center of Air Force operations in South Vietnam. For his gallantry in action on this occasion, he was awarded the Silver Star. This personal experience formed a foundation upon which he developed a keen insight into exploring the entire spectrum of air base defense, and upon which he has built a strong case for testing future plans and operations.
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973
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Author : Roger P. Fox
language : en
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Release Date : 1979
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973 written by Roger P. Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Air bases categories.
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973
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Author : Office of Office of Air Force History
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-01-26
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973 written by Office of Office of Air Force History and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-26 with categories.
This book explores the unique problem of defending air bases during the Vietnam War. It centers on the primary efforts of the United States Air Force and allied air units to defend 10 key air bases within the Republic of Vietnam. Bien Hoa, on 1 November 1964, was the first base to be attacked and until, the cease-lire in January 1973, these bases suffered a total of 475 attacks. ' Although there were initial deficiencies in staff support for base defense in such key areas as intelligence, motor vehicles, weapons procurement and maintenance, communications, and civil engineering, significant improvements had been made by the end of the Air Force's part in the war. The author, Lt. Col. Roger P. Fox, USAF (Ret.), wrote this volume while assigned to the Office of Air Force History. He brings judgments to his research based on his personal experience as a base security officer during the conflict. Thus, early on the morning of 4 December 1966, he rallied Air Force and South Vietnamese security forces to repel an enemy attempt to penetrate Tan Son Nhut Air Base, the center of Air Force operations in South Vietnam. For his gallantry in action on this occasion, he was awarded the Silver Star. This personal experience formed a foundation upon which he developed a keen insight into exploring the entire spectrum of air base defense, and upon which he has built a strong case for testing future plans and operations. Colonel Fox's volume is one of a continuing series of books dealing with the war in Southeast Asia which are being written in the Office of Air Force History.
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973
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Author : Roger P. Fox
language : en
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Release Date : 1979
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973 written by Roger P. Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Air bases categories.
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam
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Author : United States United States Air Forces
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-08
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam written by United States United States Air Forces and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-08 with categories.
Between 0025 and 0035 locai time on 1 November 1964, Vietnamese Communist (VC) troops attacked Bien Hoa Air Base, 25 kilometers northeast of Saigon. Positioning six 81-mm mortars about 400 meters north of the base, the enemy gunners fired 60-80 rounds onto parked aircraft and troop billets. The VC then withdrew undetected and unmolested, leaving behind damage all out of proportion to the effort expended. The barrage killed 4 U.S. military personnel and wounded 30. Of 20 B-57 jet bombers hit, 5 were destroyed, 8 severely damaged, and 7 slightly damaged.1 Increasingly thereafter, U.S. air bases in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) became routine targets for enemy ground attacks. The Air Force was ill-prepared to meet such an enemy threat.
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 73
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Author : Roger P. Fox
language : en
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Release Date : 1979
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 73 written by Roger P. Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Gradual Failure The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965 1966 Illustrated Edition
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Author : Jacob Van Staaveren
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
Gradual Failure The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965 1966 Illustrated Edition written by Jacob Van Staaveren and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with History categories.
Includes over 100 maps, plans and illustrations The United States Air Force reached its nadir during the opening two years of the Rolling Thunder air campaign in North Vietnam. Never had the Air Force operated with so many restraints and to so little effect. These pages are painful but necessary reading for all who care about the nation’s military power. Jacob Van Staaveren wrote this book in the 1970s near the end of his distinguished government service, which began during the occupation of Japan; the University of Washington Press published his book on that experience in 1995. He was an Air Force historian in Korea during the Korean War, and he began to write about the Vietnam War while it was still being fought. His volume on the air war in Laos was declassified and published in 1993. Now this volume on the air war in North Vietnam has also been declassified and is being published for the first time. Although he retired to McMinnville, Oregon, a number of years ago, we asked him to review the manuscript and make any changes that seemed warranted. For the most part, this is the book he wrote soon after the war. Readers of this volume will also want to read the sequel, Wayne Thompson’s To Hanoi and Back: The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973, which tells the more encouraging story of how the Air Force employed airpower to far greater effect using a combination of better doctrine, tactics, technology, and training.
A War Too Long
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Author : U. S. Military
language : en
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Release Date : 2018-03-21
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This U.S. Air Force (USAF) book is an exceptionally readable and interesting overview of the role of air power in the Vietnam War and the conflict in Southeast Asia. The Air Force instinctively disliked the slow, gradual way the United States prosecuted its war against the Vietnamese communists. While Americans undoubtedly delayed a communist victory in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia long enough to spare Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries a similar fate, the American public grew very tired of this war years before its dismal conclusion. Due to questionable political policies and decision-making, only sporadic and relatively ineffective use had been made of air power's ability to bring great force to bear quickly and decisively. The United States and its Air Force experienced a decade of frustration made more painful by the losses of its personnel killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. Fighting resolutely and courageously, the Air Force played the decisive role in forcing North Vietnam to the peace table in 1973. The demands of the Vietnam War forced new developments such as laser-guided-bombs that would eventually radically transform the shape of air warfare. Kennedy and his advisers concluded that, in comparison to Laos, South Vietnam afforded a more favorable battleground in what they viewed as a worldwide struggle against communist-inspired insurrections. President Diem, despite challenges by armed political factions and mutinous army officers, had remained in power since 1954 as prime minister or president, and American military advisers already were in place with the South Vietnamese armed forces. Moreover, Kennedy believed, incorrectly as was soon revealed, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization had a special interest in the independence of the Republic of Vietnam. Logic therefore persuaded the youthful Kennedy to choose the more stable nation of South Vietnam as the site of a major American effort to contain communism.
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973
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Author : Roger P. Fox
language : en
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Release Date : 1979
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 1973 written by Roger P. Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Air bases categories.
The United States Air Force In Southeast Asia 1961 1973
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Author : Jack S. Ballard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The United States Air Force In Southeast Asia 1961 1973 written by Jack S. Ballard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Government publications categories.