taclo-7af activity report nbr 17-69 (5-11 may 1969)

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R E T/ DOTACLO

SUBJ: TACLQ..qAF

ACTIVITY

REPORT NBR 17-69 5 ~ 1 l MAY 69) (U) o

1. (

IT GENERAL:

A. THE CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMRNDATIONS

INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

REPRESENT

THE

INDIVIDUAL

OBSERVATIONS OF RESPECTIVE TAC LIAISON

OFFICERS

, ANY

MATTERS

IN

CONFLICT WITH

EXISTING POLICIES

OR

DIRECTIVES SHOULD NOT BE

ACTED

UPON

WITHOUT

.

DIRECTION

FROM

APPROP-

.

RIATE

HQS

,

THE

INTENT

OF

THE

TACL0=7AF

IS TO

PROVIDE

IMPROVED

RESPONSE IN RESOLUTION OF

TECHNICAL

PROBLEMS,

EQUIPMENT

MODIFICATIONS,

TACTICS

,

TRAINING

MATTERS AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF PACAF IN

SEA, ACTIONS TAKEN

ARE NOT MEANT

TO

PR,.EMPr NOR SUBSTITUTE FOR

REGULAR STAFF ACTION IN NORHAL COHMAND CHANNELS,

B. THERE

WERE NO

PERSONNEL

CHANGES DURING THE

REPORTING

PERIOD ,

Co LIAISON OFFICERS FLEW 24 SORTIES WITH UNITS EMPLOYING

ACFT

OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS

o

2.

S) FIGHTERS:

A. F4: INFO WITH THE ADVENT OF THE MONSOONS MORE

EMPHASIS

WILL

BE PUT ON THE F4J)

/ E

OFF SET

BOMB

DELIVERY

IN

SEA.

ADDITIONALLY, RADAR BEACONS

ARE

BEING PLACED IN TARGET AREAS FOR

OFF

SET AIM

POINTS

(OAP'S) . \.fITH THIS IN MIND

RECOMMEND

MORE

S e T

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TRAINING

IN

RTU/CCTw

BE

DEVOTED

TO REAR SEAT PILOTS/NAVIGATORS

IN THE USE OF

OFF SET

BOMB.

THE

FOLLOWING PARAMETERS

ARE

.RECOMMENDED: 1) ACQUISTION. FREEZE, ND INSERT ALTITUDES

OF

10000 FT

TO

15000

FT

AGLo

(2) SINCE BEACON OFF SETS

ARE

TO

BE USED

HERE

RECOMMEND

A

BEACON BE

INSTALLED

FOR OFF

SET T EACH

ZI BOMBING

RANGE

FOR OAP ' So RECOMl'IEND EXPEDITIOUS CERTIFICATION

OF M U ..12 CARRIAGE OF LAU..59 ROCKET

LAUNCHER

FOR

USE

BY F4

FAST

MOVER FAC PROGRAM , THIS

wOULD

SUBSTM'TIALLY REDUCE DRAG

ND

FUEL CONSUMPTION.

B. FIOO LIAISON OFFICER IN THE FIELD.

3.

(S) MUNITIONS:

INFO

ONLY

- PAVEWAY I DURING THE

PERIOD

1-30

APR 69, FIFTY..FOUR MISSIONS WERE FLOWN , 204

HK84

, S ND

NO

Mll?'S

WERE

DROPPED,

OF

VlHICH

180 WERE

SCORED.

OF THE

24

UNSCORED BOMBS

20

WERE

UNGUIDED,

2

DUDS,

1

UNK,

ND

1

GROSS

ERROR.

THE CEA

IS

SIX

FT FOR THE

180

SCORED

BOMBS

ND

BDA REFLECTED 120 ROAD

CUTS,

4

FORD CUTS,

1 RRIDGE DESTROYED, 1

TRUCK DESTROYED

ND 7

C VES

CLOSED .

SCORED PI

DROPS

ARE:

142 OFT

1

40

FT

12

10 FT

5

50

2

15 FT

1 60

7

20 FT

2 100

6

30 FT

1

130

35. FT

4. (S) RECONNAISSANCE!

A,

INFO a"

INFORMAL

INFO

INDICATES

THERE WILL BE A

PACAF

RECCY

CONFERENCE, PROBABLY IN JUNE. AGENDA ITEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

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~ E ~ l ~ I L I Z A T I O N OF CURRENT ASSETS. 2)

TAC RECCE , . 3) PHaro

PROCESSING

, 4) TACTICS .

RESPONSIVENESS OF

5)

WESTPAC COMMITMENTS AND PROGRAMS, 6)

NEW

SYSTEMS EMPLOYMENT.

B

ACTION TARC COMPASS COUNT: PROGRAM AT

432 TRW

IS

IMPROVING

STEADILY

wITH CURRENT ll1AGERY EQUAL TO

OR BETTER THAN

REGULAR NITE PHOTOGRAPHY . REQUEST CURRENT

AND EXPECTED

DISPOSITION

OF

ADDITIONAL COMPASS COUNT

ACFT AND

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT.

C. INFO COLOR

PROCESSING

HAS

BEEN

INAUGURATED ON

A

LIMITED

SCALE AT

THE

432 TRW (UDORN)

< LL PROGRAMMED PERSONNEL

RE

NOT

YET ON HAND BUT THE

FACILITY

IS

OPERATING

WITH

THE HELP

OF

CIVILIAN

CONTRACT

TECH

REPS

,

D. ACTION

TARC ..

REQUEST

CURRENT

STATUS ON COMPASS SIGli"' ',

INCLUDING

NER OF PERSONNEL TDY,

PCS,

AND DEPLOYMENT DATE. HOW

IS

RESOLUTION OF SYSTEM

\oIITH

REDUCED

AIRSPEED

LIMITATION?

5.

8)

AIRLIFT:

INFO ONLY

--

COMMANDO

VAULT/COMBAT

TRAP:

THREE

Ml21 BOHBS

10000

LBS) WEIJE DROPPED wITH A

CEA

OF 27

MEI'ERS.

FOR

OPERATIONAL REASONS,

THE

DROP TEST

OF THE TWO 15000 LB BOMBS

WAS

NOT MADE

DURING THE

REPORTING PERIOD BUT

IS SCHEDULED

FOR

THIS

WEEK,

6.

S)

ELECTRONIC

WARFARE:

INFO ONLY

- FOLLOWING IS THE POD

COUNT AS OF 8 MAY

69:

.Qli.l MJQ

ALQ....71

172*

Q R c

333

QRC-J35

__X

TarAL

j8

LOSSES

SINCE

LAST REPORT

0

0

2

2

TOTAL

LOSSES

304

55

16

375

*NET LOSS

OF

NINE TO OCAHA FOR

MODIFICATION

. NOTE: PHU CAT

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R E C E I V ~ Q l ~ I FROM C M

RANH

BAY

ND IS

TENTATIVELY

SCHEDULED TO

RECEIVE

ALL CAM RANH BAY'S ALQ-71 S.

7 , (S ) SPECIAL OPERATIONS:

A, INFO -

BLACK

SPOT: BY

SECRET MSG,

PACAF

DO

010609Z

M Y

69 , PACAF

HAS DIRECTED STANDDOWN

ND BEGINNING OF PREPARATION

NLT

12

M Y

69

WITH REDEPLOYMENT

AS

SOON

S PREPARATION IS COMPLETE.

B.

INFO

- BDA:

AS

A

RESULT

OF THE LAST FAC

CONFERENCE,

HQ

7AF IS PUBLISHING A

NEW FAC REGULATION

OUTLINING

STANDARD BDA

FORMATS

. A COpy WILL BE OBTAINED ND

FORWAHDED TO

HQ SOF FOR

USE

IN THE FAC/SCAR TRAINING PROGRAMS.

C.

INFO

- C57 MAT: MB LAOS

HAS

NOTIFIED

CINCPAC OF

ACCEPTANCE

OF EIGHT EXCESS C47 C Fl FROM VNAF ND 7.62 M60D CONVERSION

KITS IN PLACE OF 50

CAL

DEP CHIEF JUSMAG

THAI

HAS

NOTIFIED

CINCPAC

OF

A

R E Q U I R E V ~ N T

FOR

LOAN

OF

ONE

AC47

FOR

30

DAYS

BEGINNING

0/A 1 5

JUN

69 FOR USE

I f f

MTT

IN

PHASE

II

GUNNERY

~ R A I N I N G

MTT

ADVISES

TRAINING ON SCHEDULE

ND

WILL

BE READY TO

COMMENCE

GUNNERY

TRAINING ON

1 5

JUNE

8 .

S) OTHER ITEMS: .

A ACTION

TAC DOR

Q:

7AF

DPLR REQUESTS THE

LATEST

INFO

REGARDING

TAC

TEST 69..10,

LORAN

NIGHT/ADVERSE

WEATHER

CAPABILITY.

B,

ACTION

T C

DORQ:

7 F T

ACWFP

REQUESTS THE CURRENT STATUS

OF TAC TEST 6 9 ~ 1 - F INTERIM OV-10 NIGHT VISION

DEVICE.

C, INFO ONLY M J RASPBERRY

G VE

A BRIEFING

T

7

AF

DPLR

CO

VERING

SEED JOY , KEY POINTS INCLUDED: 1) PROBLEMS:

A)

HARD

TO

SEE

THE GUNSIGHT IN

DAYTIME.

(B) SEVERAL MALFUNCTIONS

OCCURRED

AFJ.'ER HIGH

G

MANETNERS. (C)

ON ONE

OCCASIONS GUN

CONTINUED FIRING

AFTER

NORM L SHUTOFF TIME ,

2)

GENERAL:

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CONFIGURATION OF SEED JOY

ACFT AND SEQUENCE OF

LAUNCH;.

WERE:

(A)

ONE

12E (B)

ONE

12C. (C) SIX MK82.

FOURTEEN

12E

LAUNCHES

WERE MADE

FROM DA NANG

AND

ELEVEN FROM UDORN

-86

OF ALL LAUNCHES

WERE

EFFECTIVE. CURRENT PLANS

ARE TO

INTRODUCE

SEED JOY

TO

BARREL ROLL

AREA

FOR

NIGHT

OPERATIONS. 3)

RECOMMENDATIONS: (A)

CHANGE

THE RATIO OF RANDOM

DELAY

FUZING FROM 25

TO 50 .

(B)

REANALIZE

THE

SYSTEM TO

ASSURE

THERE IS A

MEANS

OF STOPPING

THE

GUN FIRING. (C) RESEARCH

POSSIBILITY

OF

INCORPORATING MORE AERODYNAMICALLY STABLE

BOMBLETS

IN

THE

MISSILE. (D)

RESEARCH

POSSIBILITY

OF

INCORPORATING ANTI

MATERIEL

BOMBLETS

WITH LARGER

FRAGMENTS THAN

THE BLU-26.

D. (S)

FOR DORE AND DORQ

-

TRIM 7:

IN

THE OPERATION

OF THIS

SYSTEM

IT HAS

BEEN NOTED THAT

IT

IS

EFFECTIVE AGAINST A

SINGLE

AAA

BUT NOT

AGAINST

A 2

AAA

OR MORE

THREAT.

IHTH

TwO

AAA IT

NEGLECTS THE LOCKED-ON

AAA AND COUNTERS THE AAA

ImIGR IS NOT

LOCKED-ON TO

THE

AGFT. IF

MORE THAN ONE

AAA

ARE

LOCKED-ON

SIMULTANEOUSLY

IT

HAY

COUNTER

ONE

OF

THEM. ANOTHER SHORT-COMING

IS

THAT

IT IS NOT

DESIGNED

FOR

USE

AGAINST

SAM'S AND MUST

SENSE

MORE THAN

A

THREE

DECIBEL

CHANGE

OF

AMPLITUDE FOR AUTOMATIC

OPERATION:

PLANS CALL FOR

EIGHT SOF AC1]0'S

TO

BE

EQUIPPED

WITH

TRIM 7 UNDER PROJECT

BIG

SAFARI.

THE

FIRST

ACFT IS TO BE

MODIFIED

IN SEP 9 AND THE LAST Ot .TE IN FEB 70 REQUEST ANY INFO

AVAILABLE

ON A

SUPER

TRIM FOR ANTI-SM-1 OPERATIONS,

E.

INFO DOARTG: A

COpy OF TAWG

TECHNICIANS

WEEKLY REPORT

WILL BE

FORWARDED TO

YOUR OFFICE

AS

.,BEQUESl'ED.

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