Code Name

Code Name	Command	Unit	Time Frame	Comments
4802 Joint Liason Det	CIA Combined		1963 (?)	CIA "logistics" office at Udorn
Able Mable	USAF		Nov 1961	RF-101 Rceon Task force operating over selected portions of Laos and SVN
Alamo	Combined		1975	Plan for the last ditch defense of Tan Son Nhut for the evacuation of Saigon. Not implemented
Alfred	CIA/DIA Combined			Code Name for member to ICC Staff passing POW information to the US
Alpha Team	USAF			TFA personnel who analyzed Igloo White data and requested air strikes thru on-site ABCCC
Aquatone				Early name for the U-2 project
Arc Light	USAF	320 Bomb Wg	18 Jun 65	B-52project with first a/c coming from Guam. 1st mission, 2 a/c lost to mid-air off Philipines. 1st Laos mission 12 Dec 65
Bango/Whiplash	USAF		May '65	F-4s at Ubon RTAFB (Bango) and F-105s at Korat (Whiplash) placed on alert for rapid response to requests from the air attache at Vientiane for interdiction and support of Royal Lao troops.
Banish Beach	USAF			Proposal to attack HCM trail with C-130 a/c loaded with fire bombs. Never executed
Barrel Roll	USAF Navy		14 Dec. 64	Air Campaign and ops area. Northeastern Laos to NVN border
Beef Broth	USAF		1965	Buildup of TAC units in the US to replace units deployed to SEA
Benson Silk	SOG			Operation to print and distribute counterfeit NVN currency
Big Eagle	USAF	Det 9, lst ACW	8 Jun 66 - 13 Jan 67	8 A-26As join 606 Air Commando Sq at NKP for Combat Evaluation
Big Eye/ College Eye Task Force	USAF	552 AEW&C Wg	1965 - early 70's	Airborne Early Warning & Control, and Intelligence
Big Shoot	USAF (A/C)			AC-47 Development Project
Birdcadge	Allied		August 1945	`Operations to inform Siam and other areas of the Jap surrender. Over 33,000,000 leaflets were dropped on 90 POW Camps and 150 Japanese military installations.
Black Crow	USAF			Detection device employed by gunships over HCM trail to detect truck ignitions
Black Spot	USAF			NC-123 equipped with forward-looking radar, low-light-level TV, Fwd-looking infrared, laser ranger, advanced nav sys, weapons release computer and dispensers for BLUs
Black Watch	USAF		29 May - 21 Jul 62	RB-26 low and medium altitude night recon missions over SVN and Laos
Blackbeard	SF
Blind Bat	USAF		1966 -	Program using C-130s as flareships and FACs over Laos
Blue Springs	USAF		1964	SAC recon ops over Laos, part of OPLAN-34A
Blue Tree	USAF		1965	RF-101 Recce Ops over NVN
Bolo	USAF	8 TFWg	2 Jan 67	Mig sweep resulting in 7 MIG kills
Boostershot	CIA		1959	Team of CIA Officers sent to Laos to help get out the vote (correctly) in the Lao parlimentary elections. "The elections turned out to be a disaster" for the CIA
Box Top	USAF	55 SRW	1964	ERB-47H , TSN
Brave Bull	USAF	6091 Recon Sq	Feb '63	Follow-on program to Hilo-Hattie using C-97 aircraft equipped with DFR, IR and long range cameras.
Briar Patch	USAF/ Combined		1968	POW compound near Ap Lo NVN. Name for planned raid to rescue POWs at that camp. Never carried out
Bright Light	Combined			Joint program to locate and rescue POWs and to rescue endangered teams and downed aircrews
Brotherhood	US		1954	US sponsored program to encourage "free Asian" nations, mainly the Philipines to send medical teams to rural SVN
Bugle Note	USAF		1968	A tactic for providing increased B-52 support during Khe Sanh that used cyclic launches (first 3 bombers every 90 minutes, later 6 bombers every 180 minutes), with variations to prevent prdicted arrival time. The bombers flew to a predesignated preinitial point and were guided to the targets by Combat Skyspot radar. The concept proved to be so efficient that it was expanded to cover all areas hit by the B-52's
Bullet Shot	USAF	2nd Bomb Wg	May 72	Deployment of B-52s to support Linebacker II
Burning Arrow	US/ARVN		2 Jan 63	ARVN operation supported by US flown H-21 helicopters
Candy Machine	USAF			USAF F-102 interceptor air defense teams in Vietnam
Carolina Moon	USAF			Plan to use C-130 a/c to bomb bridges in NVN.
Cheiu Hoi	Combined			Program to encourage VC/NVA defectors.
Cobra Task Force	Army	Camp Friendship	1969 - 70
Combat Apple	USAF	82 SRSq, Kadena	1965 -	RC-135D/M Overall SAC recon program for SEA
Combat Beaver	USAF			Selective interdiction of key logistics hubs with special emphasis on RPs II, II and IV
Combat Dawn	USAF	4080 SRW		High altitude Firebee (AQM-34Q/R) missions over NVN & China with U-2Rs from U_Tapao
Combat Dragon	USAF		1967 - 30 Sep 72	604 ACS initial operations with A-37A Tweetie Birds
Combat Lancer	USAF		1967	Deployment of the first 6 F-111A a/c to SEA for combat evaluation
Combat Recon Platoon	SOG		Jun 71	On termination of Bright Light, Teams 1 & 2 for for downed pilot recoveries and POW rescue. Team #1, Kontum and Team #2 at Da Nang
Combat Sent	USAF	55 SRW	1970	RC-135U, Special Missions Recon
Combat Sky Spot	USAF			MSQ-77 & SST-181 radar controlled bombing systems
Combat Spear	USAF			C-130 Team insertion and resupply. Team extraction using Fulton Recovery Sys, Radio intercept and relay
Combat Talon	USAF			MC-130 modified for Spec Ops mission
Combat Tree	USAF Combined			Electronic sys to enable fighter a/c to identify enemy a/c from their IFF signals
Combat Trident	USAF		1967	Initial training program for F-111A crews for SEA deployment
Commando Club	USAF			Code name for Sky Spot /TACAN site in Northern Laos. Lima 85, Channel 97
Commando Hunt 1 -6	USAF		Nov. 68 - Oct 71	Series of Air Ops in Southern Laos against HCM trail utilizing Igloo White Sensors
Commando Lava	USAF			Application of a harmless dry powder which breaks down soil stability. HCM Trail
Commando Patch	Combined			Installation of TACAN sites in Laos
Commando Sabre	USAF			Beginning of the Fast FAC program using F-100F a/c
Commando Vault	USAF			Ops involving dropping 15,000 lbs bombs from C-130 a/c
Constant Guard	USAF		Sep 1972	Deployment of the F-111A squadron to Takhli as part of Linebacker I
Constant Guard IV	USAF	TAC	April 1972	Easter Offensive Deployment of the 49 TFWg to reopen Tahkli
Copper (Proj)	404		Dec 70	Training of Cambodians at Pakse for ops on Bolovens Plateau
Copper Coin	USAF
Cotton Candy	USAF			SAC recon
Covey Rider	SOG	20 TASS		SOG SF backseater during Covey FAC ops when supporting SOG
Credible Chase	USAF			Program to fit STOL A/C for mini-gunship role. AU-23 Pilatus Porter and AU 24 Helio Stallion
Credible Sport	USAF			Test & evaluation program for Cambat Talon program
Cricket Program	USAF		12 Jan 66	Integration of FACs, indig roadwatch teams and ABCCC primarily against Rts: 8, 12, 23, 121, 911 and 912, between Nape and Mu Gai passes and Tchepone (Rt 9)
Dainel Boone	SF			Cross border operations into Cambodia
Dart Program	USAF			QV-22 Remotely Piloted a/c at NKP
Deep Proud Alpha	USAF		26 - 30 Dec 1971	Series of US air strikes against targets in NVN
Deer Mission		OSS	16 Jul 1945	Small American team parachuted in the Thai Nguyen, NVN to work with Ho Chi Minh. Were greeted by Viet Minh with signs saying "Welcome our American Friends"