PROJECTS,
PROGRAMS
AND
OPERATIONS
|
Code
Name |
Command |
Unit |
Time
Frame |
Comments |
|
Iron
Lung |
USAF |
|
|
SAC
recon |
|
Jenny |
US
Navy |
|
|
EC-121
Psyops TV and Radio broadcasts from two orbits.
One 20 miles east of the coastline just north of DMZ, second 20
miles east of Haiphong. 8 -
12 hr orbit with missile cruiser sitting underneath |
|
Joint
Task Force 728 |
USAF |
|
|
Group
formed to expedite the air-supported anti-infiltration barrier sys in
Laos (Igloo White) |
|
Jungle
Jim |
USAF |
|
April
01, 61 |
4400
Cmbt Crew Tng Sq was formed to fly ops against guerrillas, overt or
covert later became Air Commandos, then, 1968, Special Operation |
|
Leaping
Lena |
SF |
|
15
May 64 |
SF
led Indigenous air dropped long range recon and intel patrols, Laos |
|
Leghorn |
Combined |
|
|
SOG
radio relay and NSA signal intercept site atop a pinnacle in So. Laos |
|
Lima
Site |
Combined |
|
|
Crude
airstrips used to resupply Lao, Hmong forces in Laos.
See Lima Site List. |
|
Linebacker 1 |
Combined |
|
May
- Jun 72 |
Resumption
of full scale bombing of NVN |
|
Linebacker2 |
Combined |
|
Dec
72 |
11
day all out bombing of NVN that led to our exit from the war, and most
importantly the return of our POWs.
Bout time, 7 yrs to late |
|
Litterbug |
USAF |
|
|
C-47,
0-2, U-10 psyops leaflet drop a/c |
|
Little
Puff |
FAC |
|
|
Very
unoffical local project to mount M-60 in the rear seat of an 0-1 |
|
Lonesome
Tiger |
USAF |
|
1966 |
Test
of FLIR system for B-26K |
|
Loudmouth |
USAF |
|
|
C-47,
0-2, U-10 Psyops loudspeaker a/c |
|
Lucky
Dragon |
USAF |
|
February
01, 1964 |
U-2
Recon flights over SEA |
|
Lucky
Tiger |
USAF |
|
May
01, 1965 |
Movement
of 606 ACS to NKP under command of Col Aderholt |
|
MAAG-L |
Combined |
|
|
Military
Assistance Advisory Group-Laos |
|
Mike
Force |
SF |
|
|
Company
and battalion isze units of mercenaries, usually Montagnards, led by SF
operating inside SVN |
|
Mill
Pond |
USAF |
|
|
B-26s
armed recon over Laos |
|
Mr
Hoo |
|
OSS |
1944 |
Code
Name for Ho Chi Minh, Maj Allison Thomas |
|
Mud
River |
USAF |
|
|
Anti-vehicle
subsystem under Igloo White |
| Mule Train | USAF | Nickname for the initial C-123 detachment in Vietnam | ||
|
Muscle
Shoals |
USAF |
|
1967
- 1968 |
Renamed
Igloo White in 68 |
|
Nickel
Steel |
SF |
|
|
Intelligence
ops into the western DMZ. previously called Spike Teams |
|
Nightingale |
Army |
|
|
Firefight
simulator tested by one of our Green Hornet members |
| Neutralize | USAF | 1967 | A concentrated 7th AF effort to seek out and destroy enemy artillery positions in an area north of the DMZ | |
|
Olympic
Torch |
USAF |
|
1972 |
U-2
Flights in support of the Linebacker operations |
|
OMEGA |
SF |
|
|
|
| One Buck | USAF | 1964 | Tactical Air Command composite aire strike force deployment to SEA in response to the Gulf of Tonkin attack | |
|
OP
Double Cross |
SF |
|
|
SF
Spike Teams operating in the DMZ under III Marine Amphib Force authority
|
|
OP
Hardnose |
SF |
|
|
Early
SF and Indig ground recon of budding HCM Trail |
|
Op
Momentum |
CIA |
|
1
May, 1965 |
CIA
effort to involve and fund Vang Pao as a significant fighting force |
|
Op
Night Watch |
Air
Commando |
|
May
01, 1965 |
A-26
initial night truck interdiction effort in Sam Neua Prov. Surprised NVN
and DID stop traffic |
|
Op
Pig Fat |
Vang
Pao |
|
1
May, 1965 |
Vang
Pao attempt to recapture Lima 85, Phu Pha Thi |
|
OP
Plan 34-67 |
Combined |
|
|
Operations
in the NVN/Laos border area |
|
Op
Switchback |
Combined |
|
1
Nov 63 |
Transfer
of covert ops responsibility from CIA to SOG |
|
Op
Triangle |
CIA |
|
May
01, 1965 |
CIA
effort to get the 3 Lao factions to work together |
|
OPE |
Combined |
|
|
|
|
Operation
Popeye |
Combined |
|
|
Weather
Modification. At various
time also Operation Compatriot and Op Intermediary |
|
OPLAN
- 34 |
SOG |
|
15
Dec 63 |
Plan
for a continuing series of covert attacks against NVN, utilizing SF,
SEALS and USAF Air Commandos |
|
OPPLAN
-34A |
Combined |
|
|
Program
of agent insertion and harassment raids against NV |
|
OPPlan-35 |
SF |
|
|
Indigenous
merc Laos cross border ops. Spike
Teams |
|
OPS
35 |
Combined |
|
|
SOGs
Ground Studies Branch, headquarters to U.S. led cross border recon and
Hatchet Force ops |
|
OPS-34 |
Combined |
|
|
Designation
for Airborne Studies Branch, which oversaw agent team operations in NVN,
and later Laos and Cambodia |
|
OPS-80 |
Combined |
|
|
SOG
Recovery Studies Branch, responsible for Bright Light missions |
|
Pacific
Ocean |
SF
/ CIA Combined |
|
May
01, 1958 |
Training
program (CIA) by SF of the Vietnamese 1st Observation Gp, Made first
recons into the Southern Panhandle of Laos |
|
PAVE AEGIS |
USAF |
16 SOS Ubon |
1968 to the end |
105mm
gun system for AC-130E Spectre |
|
Pathfinder |
USAF |
|
|
2
or more a/c using lead a/c loran or other navigation sys |
| Patricia Lynn | USAF | RB-57 infrared recon aircraft | ||
|
USAF |
|
|
Beechcraft
Debonair a/c used for radio relay |
|
|
Pave
Knife |
|
|
|
F-4
a/c equipped for laser guided bomb delivery |
| Pave Nail | USAF | 23 TASS | OV-10 Pave Spot program (laser target designator) expanded to include integrated loran | |
| Pave Pronto | USAF | AC-130A | 1970 | |
| Pave Spot | USAF | 23 TASS | OV-10 night observation device with bore-sighted laser range designator | |
| Pave Way | USAF | Guidance systems for bombs. Paveway I - laser, II - electro-optical, III - infrared. Also used to describe the aircraft delivering the bombs | ||
| Phaze Tester | USAF | TAC 7/13 AF | Post Nov 68 | Photo Recon ops against NVN after the 1968 bombing halt |
|
Phoenix |
SF/
CIA |
|
|
|
|
Phu
Dung |
SF |
|
8
Apr 71 |
Rename
of Prairie Fire |
|
Phyllis
Ann |
USAF
(A/C) |
|
1966 |
C-47Ds
equipped with Radio Direction Finding gear |
|
Pierce
Arrow |
USAF |
TAC |
Aug
64 |
TACs
deployment of F-100s to Clark, 405 TFWg, for rotational deployment to VN
& Thailand |
|
Pink
Rose |
USAF |
|
|
Program
to defoliate a target area twice, spray a drying agent an unleash 10
flight of B-52s, each dropping 42 M-35 incendinary bombs, burning the
cover of bunker complexes |
|
Pipestem |
USAF |
|
Oct
61 |
Limited
recon by RF-101 over selected areas of Laos and SVN.
Replaced by Able Mable TF, Nov 61 |
| Pony Express | USAF | 20th Helicotper Sq | USAF helicopter support for tribal intelligence-gathering and targeting operations in southern Laos and NVN | |
|
Popeye |
USAF |
|
1966 |
Original
concept for a rainmaking pgm using USAF a/c to seed clouds |
| Practice Nine | Code name for the Defense Communication Agency planning group | |||
|
Prairie
Fire |
SF
Combined |
|
|
Re-name
from Shinning Brass. Air
supported teams to locat targets and do BDA |
| Prime Beef | USAF | combination of a nickname (Prime) and an acronym (BEEF - Base Engineering Emergency Force | ||
|
Programs
Evaluation Office |
Combined
State Dept |
|
May
01, 1965 |
Disguised
military mission, sending "technicians" to Laos |
|
ProjectMud |
Combined |
|
|
Idea
to drop Calgon Detergent on HCM Trail to produce mud |
|
ProjectUnity |
SF |
|
|
Organized
combat- ready Thai light infantry battalions for Laotian service |
|
Project
404/ Palace Dog |
Combined |
|
|
Secret
unit that controlled much much of the air war in Laos in the 60s and
70s, included White Star teams and other attached to the Defense Attaché
Office, Laos |
|
Project
Agile |
USAF |
|
1962 |
Initial
combat tests for what was to become Ranch Hand |
|
Project
X |
USAF |
|
|
Aircrews
unofficial name for the first A-1s from 602 ACS sent TDY to NKP in
support of SAR Ops |
update 04/03/04