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SIGIIH AVAILABLE TO USJ-79'1 AS OF B31203l IJECEMDER 1966. llEHIEEtl '360'5 AllD ..u. ·· '17SlZ-,. ·DRV AIR SURVEILLANCE AND VHF TACTICAL VOICE FACILITIES REFLECTED I\ .44;</JS3'-(

MillIMUM OF EIGHT HAI-IOI GIA LAM BASED i:;ROUABLE MIG•l 7 'S -IN REAGTIOll -TO AU UllKNOl-HL ... tlUMBER OF HOSTILE AIRCRAFT OPERATING Ill THE HAtlOII' PHUC YEN AREA. AT fl61l9Z, THE · · FIRST FLIGHT OF THO MIG'SHERE REFLECTED RECOVEIUNG AT HAtlOI GIA LAM, l~HILE A }.' / / "7. ? ,' · SECOND FLIGHT OF THREE MIG'S COtHillUED TO RECEIVE INFOIU11HIOllOU THE HOSTILE ~~ ~·0"'-'·:/ .. ···. "'.· :',•: · · AIRCRAFT. AT .lf6l9Z, n11s FLIGHT l·IAS ORDERED TO ATTl\CK THE MOST ILE A IP.CRAFT MHEtl _. . I . . . · .. ·" .. ~ THEY f,PPEARED. AT IJ622Z, AN UtHDEtffIFIED GROUND COIHROLLER ORDl::RE'rl THE FLIGHT ~- t:? ~/.:I~. TO ATTACK:-Arrn THE FLIGHT LEADER Al~SHERED EXCITEDLY TliAT HE SAM THEM AllD "I SHOT .

' ·· ALREADY". _ THE SENIOR GCI CONTROLLER REFUSED TO GIVE PERMISSIOtl TO CROSS THE . /:). ~-.. · : . · .. . . :> REDRIVER 0

AND .· THE MIG'S cornrnuen OH A DEFENSIVE PATROL UUTIL H627Z, i'llH:N THEY t...Je~Gt:.e .. ' ·. ·. ~-~ 'o!\,~ . : · :.~·(MERE ORDERED TO RECOVER.· nm AIRCRA·FTOF THIS FLIGHT MERE NOTED l.AUD!llG, l·IHILE . . A . " .... :·.: -... ::~· ...... ~:.' : ,,.:.,.: :··,.: :/} . .-;;, .. ;.~1 .•. :;~· :~,'t,:l:·h. :. '.' ; .. ' · ' THE FlIGt-JT LEADER .REMAINED AIRDORHE TO PROVt DE COVER FOH A THIRD FLIGHT OF • · .. J_/,. _ .... / ···: ·. ~·:·~:)"'·~·-·~·~,>"'-''·1'~·'-/''~·'.:~ ·'~;;'. :0::- . -'

THREE MIG'S PREPARitlG TO TAKE-OFF. HE REMAIUED AIRDORJIE UNTIL i!G39Z l·IHEtl H_E · ~/:····~~/i~_L:J·: { :· . . HA~ ORDERED TO RECOVER. THE THIRD FLIGHT REMAIN EI> AIRllORUE ON A DEFENSIVE • --.._ · · · ,. > r -,•· .. .

PATROL UNTIL 67.IHZ l'IHEll THEY MERE ORDERED TO l{ECOVER AT PllUC YEN. All OF THE ~"'- ·--·r£fe_ MIG ACTIVITY FROM GIA LAM L·IAS UllDER THE CONTROL OF BOTll HIE HANOI AIRFIELD COllTROLLER AND THE SEIHOR. GCI cornr<OLLER . • ORV AIR SURVEILLANCE FC\CIL IT I ES ~ • REFLECTED THESE MIG' 5 ORBITHIG Ill ClOJE PROXIMITY TO GIA LAM, SUGGESTillG THAT 0 71 .. f..,. C 1 ,L., ,11., O(JtJ_......., -THEIR PRIMARY MISS IOI~ MAS THA'r AIRFIELD'S DEFEHSf:, JUST AS IT APPEARED TO BE ~~ e:-.....c.,v THE PHUC YEN BASED MIG-21 'S PRIMARY MISSIOtl TO PROTECT PHUC YEii. SIGIIH AND · ./ll..J4/l.C) OPERATIO"AL REPORTS DID NOT REFLECT THE LOSS OR DAMAGE TO EITHER DRV ' / OR U.S. AIRCRAFT DURING THIS ACTIVITY. CREF USA-32 SPOT· REPORT. 21.H3i\ICKIR537-66, DTG r.21ssaz. DEC 66 AHO FOLL OH-UPS HIER El 0). :JECTION THREE -IJRV- SAM LAUl·ICHES Oii 2 ·DECEMBER l 96G. BETMEEll 3546 AND tf'J45Z, ORV .MULTrcAMlllEL COMMUillCATIOHSREFLECTED A MINIMUM OF llINE SURFACE-TU-Am iUSSILE -·Lf.UllCHES UY .'fHE DRV SAM COMPLEX.· BETMEEll 0'5"6 AllD 062fJZ, A SPEAKE!~ AT THE ~AM SITELOCATED AT 2~15N 1B618E, REPOkTED LAUNCHING FIVE MISSILES. HE FURTHER STATED TliAT THREE OF THESE HERE IHTHOUT GUI DAllCE, MID AT l. EAST HIO MERE REPOIHED TU ~!.'\VE llOT . EXPLODED. THESE LAUNCHES POSSIBLY CORRELATE TO THE LOSS OF ONE F4C CDUKE-3) AT

•a615Z. AS REFLECTED IH OPERATIONAL REPORTS . AT APPROXIMATELY U71BZ, A SPEAKER . AT A ··sAM SIT'E LOCATED AT 2Bif8N 1Z631 E ·c_Vl-421,). I REPORTED THAT HE M1\D LAUllCHED · THO MISSILES, WITH ONE, POSSIDLY DOTH, NOT . HAVI~G GUIDAllCE. HE FURTHER STATED

. ·-THAT HIS SITE HAD "EXPENDED All", IN A POSSIBLY REFERENCE TO HAVIllG LAUNCHED :::;'.; ALL OF., .. THE MISSILES AT THIS SITE. rn A POST LAUllCH REPORT, DETl~EEtl 3921 Mrn

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EIGHT U.S. AIRCRAFT Otl.THIS DATE1 THO F4C 1 S CCHIC.AGO-."LAND DUKE-3>, /\UD POSSI8LY.lTWO .,A4C·'S;;(HOLL.Ol·IAY"'·3.flS AND ·<3S4), TO SAMS, ONE F-U15D CCACTUS-1) AIHl

~.· :f..;!ii011f.!rF4B~·"( CITYf:"DESKJ.'16T·)r. TO AAA, AND OllE FC1C C TEXAS-2 > J\llD UllE RFltC C CHEVROLET., ;·«._;;'..~ :; TO' UNKNONN CAUSES. ONLY DflE . OF THESE L055ES C IJUKE-3 > CUULD DE CO!;:RELATED TO '. r·~· ~.;>·.THEACTIVITY REFLECTED"ON Dl-!Vrtu:u::n~l'll\tlUEL COMMUIUCATIOll5.THE SIXTY MISSILE -, : '.·: ·~;~'SIGHTINGS. REFLECTED Ifl DPERATIO.llAL REPORTS 15 A SINGLE DAY RECORD. CREF USA-32 ·"·i .. ~·.- ·:~·:· ·': SPOT REPORT> ··2/.Hltv.CK.IRSif7-66, · DTO 8215!iSZ, Q.EC 66 AND FOL-UPS THERETO). ·;·: ":n: sECTION"FOUR

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-''AIR DEFEllSE AND .FLIGHT ACTIVTIYFOR 2 DECEMBER 1966. 1. SIGINT · :·:: .( .... FOR ·z . DECEMBER. REFLECTED 31 ACTIVE RADAR STATIOtlS usrno A TOTAL OF 49 · .i:.:;.'. . " ItlDIVIDUAl . PIECES. OF . RADAR EQUIPMENT. .. THIS IS THE HIGHEST TOTAL OF RADAR . : >>::·_:-~EQUIPMENT . IN 1 USE SINCE · 15 NOVEMBER l·UIEH. 55 MERE REFLECTED ACTIVE. INTERCEPT OF '":·.·.·.·'ORV · AIR SURVEILLANCE· FACILITIES REFLECTED.NHIE RADAR STATIOtlS REPORTING A TOTAL

ACTIVE ~E~IOIL!UTH 141 TRACKS REPORTED. c-... -r.H:E: P."A""DAR:: OF 314 TRACKS. FOR THE NINTH COUSECUTIVE l)l)i ~~E sn~~F~N ~:\/ ~:5 ~~~ ~~r CS-T-ATI1Jlt" IN ~T-Hf-SU:U.nmnLDRlt;:::t=rn:s=NOT.=B:EftC:N .t JRf, il F l ; [ : : E--: .,_nns_:1 a9rmmu . - -- · ·· -. --- -- ' -----·---- ·-

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