U.S. Air Force Publications

Carl Berger, ed., The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973: An Illustrated Account. Washington: Office of Air Force History & GPO, 1977. xii, 381 pp. FULL TEXT online at Hathi Trust. Rev. ed. 1984. xiv, 383 pp. FULL TEXT online at Hathi Trust.
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The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. The volumes of this series make up the Air Force's main official history of the war.

Jack S. Ballard, Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships, 1962-1972. Washington: Office of Air Force History & GPO, 1982. xiv, 326 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at a DoD web site.
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Ray L. Bowers, Tactical Airlift. Washington: Office of Air Force History & GPO, 1983. xxvi, 899 pp. A prosaic accounts of the facts, without much analysis, but this is not a topic that calls for much deep thought. A lot of factual detail. The FULL TEXT is available online at a DoD web site.
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Robert F. Futrell and Martin Blumenson, The Advisory Years to 1965. Washington: Office of Air Force History & GPO, 1981. xiii, 398 pp.
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Bernard C. Nalty, Air War over South Vietnam, 1968-1975. Washington: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2000. xii, 540 pp. Also includes air war over Cambodia. Although the title page says it was published in 2000, I don't think it was actually released until around the end of 2001. The FULL TEXT is available online at a DoD web site.
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John Schlight, The War in South Vietnam: The Years of the Offensive, 1965-1968. Washington: Office of Air Force History & GPO, 1988. xiii, 410 pp. FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.
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Jacob van Staaveren, Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1960-1968. Washington: Center for Air Force History, 1993. xv, 360 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.
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Victor B. Anthony and Richard R. Sexton, The War in Northern Laos, 1954-1973. Washington, D.C.: Center for Air Force History, 1993. vii, 400 pp. This was originally published with a classification of "Secret." There is now a copy, moderately redacted, online at the National Security Archive.

[Captain] Betty Barton Christiansen, Civic Action. Washington: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1998. vi, 274 pp. I get the impression the Air Force may originally have intended to publish this on paper like the rest of the series, but it seems to be available only as an electronic publication; full text on an Air Force web site.

Jacob Van Staaveren, Gradual Failure: The Air War over North Vietnam, 1965-1966. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2002. xiv, 388 pp. This was originally written in the 1970s as a classified history; some modest revisions were apparently made in this unclassified version. The only part I have found time to read so far is the discussion of the Tonkin Gulf incidents on pp. 48-49. This section is not very accurate, but I don't assume this means the book as a whole will be bad.

Wayne Thompson, To Hanoi and Back: The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973. Washington, DC: Air Force History and Museums Program / Government Printing Office, 2000. xiii, 416 pp. [The date shows as 2000, but I don't think copies were actually printed and distributed until 2003. In the interim, a private sector publisher had already begun printing and selling copies; see listing under "The Air War"].  From what I have seen of it (I have not yet found time to read it all) this book is quite good.

Air Force History Report on Operation TAILWIND. Air Force History Support Office, 16 July 1998. A 19-page report with about 200 pages of appendices attached. Main text and appendices are on an Air Force web site.

Robert K. Abernathy, Weapons of Choice: The "Propeller versus Jet" Controversy and the "Appropriate Technology" Dilemma. Thesis, School of Advance Airpower Studies, 2000. vii, 67 pp. The dispute between Harry Aderholt and William Momyer during the Vietnam War. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Maj. Donald I. Blackwelder, The Long Road to Desert Storm and Beyond: The Development of Precision Guided Bombs. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1993. x, 40 pp. The 1992 thesis (School of Advanced Airpower Studies) from which this was derived, 61 pp., has been placed online.
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James R. Brungess, Setting the Context: Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses and Joint War Fighting in an Uncertain World. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 1994. xvii, 225 pp. The Vietnam War and Desert Storm are two of the cases considered.
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William A. Buckingham, Jr., Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971. Washington: Office of Air Force History & GPO, 1982. xi, 253 pp. Remarkably informative and candid for an official history of so controversial a program. The text has been placed online both by the Defense Department and by Hathi Trust.
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Aloysius G. Casey and Patrick A. Casey, Velocity: Speed with Direction: The Professional Career of Gen Jerome F. O'Malley. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 2007. x, 286 pp. O'Malley entered the Air Force after graduation from West Point in 1953. He piloted the first SR-71 mission over North Vietnam on 21 March 1968. In April 1971 he became vice commmander, then soon afterward commander, of the 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, at Tan son Nhut, flying the RF-4C. The unit stood down at the end of August, as the US was withdrawing from Vietnam. Soon after, he became vice commander of the 432d TRW, based at Udorn in Thailand. The 432d had F-4D and RF-4C aircraft; O'Malley flew operational missions in both. The book discusses at some length the increase in US air strikes on North Vietnam in late 1971 and early 1972, and the controversy over the controversy over whether these had violated the rules of engagement.

Gerald T. Cantwell, Citizen Airmen: A History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946-1994. Washington: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1997. xix, 544 pp.

Chris R. Chambliss, The Role of Bridge Attack in the Interdiction Mission. Thesis, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1997. ix, 84 pp. pp. 30-44 cover Operation Rolling Thunder. The The text is available online at an Air University web site.

Maj. Tracy W. Colburn, Running on Empty: The Development of Helicopter Aerial Refueling and Implications for Future USAF Combat Rescue Capabilities. vii, 38 pp. AU/ACSC/0412/97-03. Student research paper, Air Command and Staff College, 1997. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Commando Hunt V. Headquarters Seventh Air Force, May 1971. 307 pp. The air interdiction campaign directed against PAVN dry-season supply efforts from 10 October 1970 to 30 April 1971. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in seven parts. Start by going to front matter and pp. 1-45, and then access the other sections by changing the A just before the .pdf at the end of the URL to B, C, D, E, F, and G.

Marc DiPaolo, Combat Rescue Operational Review: A Summary of Combat Rescue Operations from Vietnam to Kosovo. Langley AFB, VA: HQ ACC/DRMR, March 2001. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in six parts. Pages 2-2 to 2-59 cover the war in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975. These pages can be found in the first two of the six parts that have been placed online: front matter and pp. 1-1 to 2-19, and pp. 2-20 to 2-59.

Major John W. Doucette, US Air Force Lessons in Counterinsurgency: Exposing Voids in Doctrinal Guidance. Thesis, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Air University, 1999. vii, 92 pp. Chapter 2 (pp. 16-38) deals with Operation FARMGATE, 1961-1964. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Maj. Ricky J. Drake, The Rules of Defeat: The Impact of Aerial Rules of Engagement on USAF Operations in North Vietnam, 1965-1968. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1993. vii, 38 pp.
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Dennis M. Drew, Military Art and the American Tradition: The Vietnam Paradox Revisited. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1985. iii, 9 pp. A version that has been reformatted to fit onto fewer pages, but not actually abridged so far as I can tell, has been placed online.
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Dennis M. Drew, Rolling Thunder 1965: Anatomy of a Failure. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1986. vi, 60 pp. A version that has been reformatted to fit onto fewer pages, but not actually abridged so far as I can tell, has been placed online.
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Col. Dennis M. Drew and Dr. Donald M. Snow, The Eagle's Talons: The American Experience at War. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 1988. xx, 421 pp.
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Dennis M. Drew, "Air Theory, Air Force, and Low Intensity Conflict: A Short Journey to Confusion," in School of Advanced Airpower Studies (Colonel Philip S. Meilinger, ed.), The Paths of Heaven: The Evolution of Airpower Theory (Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press, 1997), pp. 321-355. A broad look at the development of USAF doctrine on low intensity conflict; only a few pages deal specifically with Vietnam.

Major Michael S. DuPerier, USAF, Vietnam: Incorporating Lessons Learned into the Curriculum of USAF PME. AU/ACSC/048/1999-04. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air Command and Staff College, Air University. v, 40 pp. A student thesis from the Air Command and Staff College. The text.

David T. Fahrenkrug, Regime change and the role of airpower. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University Press, 2006. ix, 55 pp.

Margaret C. Faulbaum, Air Weather Service in Southeast Asia, 1961-1976: A Pictorial Account. Scott Air Force Base, Illinois: Military Airlift Command, 1979. vi, 156 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in four parts: front matter and pp. 1-41, pp. 42-91, pp. 92-141, and pp. 142-156.

Lt. Col. Marc D. Felman, The Military Media Clash and the New Principle of War: Media Spin. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1993. vii, 42 pp. The 1992 thesis (School of Advanced Airpower Studies) from which this was derived, 59 pp., has been placed online. Felman does not appear to have made any significant effort to look at what actually appeared in the media during the Vietnam War, when writing the chapter on Vietnam.
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Roger P. Fox, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1961-1973. Office of Air Force History, 1979. ix, 278 pp. Placed online by Hathi Trust.
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Robert F. Futrell, United States Policy toward Southeast Asia, 1943-1968. Maxwell AFB: Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, 1968. iv, 652 pp. Written as part of Project Corona Harvest. Reprinted by Dalley Book Service, Christiansburg VA.

Robert F. Futrell, Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the U.S. Air Force, v. 2, 1961-1984. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press and GPO, 1989. xiii, 789 pp. About eighty pages of this large volume are devoted to Vietnam.
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Maj. Suzanne Budd Gehri, Study War Once More: Teaching Vietnam at Air University.  Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1985.  iii, 36 pp.

Herman L. Gilster, The Air War in Southeast Asia: Case Studies of Selected Campaigns. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1993. xiii, 138 pp. Seems to involve mathematical modeling. Focus is on Commando Hunt in Southern Laos, close air support in SVN during the Easter Offensive, and Linebacker II.
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Col. Frank L. Goldstein, USAF, and Col. Benjamin F. Findley, Jr., USAFR, eds., Psychological Operations: Principles and Case Studies. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1996. xii, 364 pp. Includes Col. Benjamin F. Findley, Jr., "US and Vietcong Psychological Operations in Vietnam" (pp. 233-241), and a little on Iraq.

William H. Greenhalgh, Jr., The Air Force in Southeast Asia: The RF-101 VOODOO, 1961-1970. USAF Historical Studies, no. 149. Office of Air Force History, 1979. 169 pp. Declassified in 1991. Available on microfilm #33688 from the Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB.

Michael E. Haas, Apollo's Warriors: US Air Force Special Operations during the Cold War. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1997. xiii, 369 pp.
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R. Cargill Hall, ed., Case Studies in Strategic Bombardment. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1998. xiv, 665 pp.
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William P. Head, War from Above the Clouds: B-52 Operations during the Second Indochina War and the Effects of the Air War on Theory and Doctrine. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 2002. vii, 138 pp.

HQ PACAF, USAF Force Withdrawal from Southeast Asia, 1 January 1970-30 June 1971. v, 94 pp. A CORONA HARVEST report.

Headquarters United States Air Force Security Service produced three historical studies that have been placed online as a single .pdf   by governmentattic.org/.

MSGT Thomas N. Thompson, under the supervision of Bob W. Rush, Develoment of USAFSS Capability in Southeast Asia, Volume I, Early Developments - 1955-1961. March 1963. xi, 63 pp.

Thomas N. Thompson, The Deployment and Development of a Tactical Signal Intelligence Capability in Southeast Asia, 1962-64. 15 July 1969. vi, 86 pp.

MSGT Thomas N. Thompson, under the supervision of Bob W. Rush, Develoment of USAFSS Capability in Southeast Asia, Volume III, 1963 - A Year of Difficulty. 26 June 1964. xix, 98 pp.

George Herring, "Cold Blood": LBJ's Conduct of Limited War in Vietnam. Washington: GPO, 1991. 37 pp. Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History, no. 33, delivered October 17, 1990 at the U.S. Air Force Academy. This document has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University.
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Maj. William A. Hewitt, Planting the Seeds of SEAD: The Wild Weasel in Vietnam. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1993. vii, 31 pp. The 1992 thesis (School of Advanced Airpower Studies) from which this was derived, 47 pp., has been placed online.
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Maj. Peter W. Huggins, Airpower and Gradual Escalation: Reconsidering the Conventional Wisdom. Thesis, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 2000. vii, 139 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

George R. Jackson, Linebacker II: An Examination of Strategic Use of Air Power. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University, 1989. iv, 65 pp.

Charles Tustin Kamps, "The JCS 94-Target List: A Vietnam Myth That Still Distorts Military Thought," Aerospace Power Journal, XIV:1 (Spring 2001), pp. 67-80. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site. Points out that the target list drawn up in 1964 did not focus nearly as much on industrial facilities as has often been claimed.

Maj. Gregory C. Kane, Air Power and Its Role in the Battles of Khe Sanh and Dien Bien Phu. AU/ACSC/0344/97-03. Student research paper, Air Command and Staff College, 1997. vii, 43 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Herbert H. Kissling, An Air Commando and Special Operations Chronology, 1961-1991. Hurlburt Field, Florida: First Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command, n.d. x, 320 pp.

Richard H. Kohn and Joseph P. Harahan, eds., Air Interdiction in World war II, Korea, and Vietnam: An Interview with General Earle E. Partridge, General Joseph E. Smart, and General John W. Vogt, Jr. Washington: Office of Air Force History and GPO, 1986. viii, 105 pp. The Vietnam War section is pp. 58-86. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.

Richard H. Kohn and Joseph P. Harahan, eds., Strategic Air Warfare: An Interview with Generals Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. Catton. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History and GPO, 1988. viii, 146 pp. The Vietnam War is pp. 119-130. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.

Col Perry L. Lamy, Barrel Roll, 1968-73: An Air Campaign in Support of National Policy. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1996. xvi, 69 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.
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Lt. Col. John H. Lane, Command and Control and Communications Structures in Southeast Asia. Maxwell AFB: Air University, 1981. xi, 230 pp.
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Gary Robert Lester, Mosquitoes to Wolves: The Evolution of the Forward Air Controller. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press, 1997. xiii, 280 pp. More than half the book is devoted to the 2d Indochina War. So far as I know, the physical volume--hard copy--is not available through the normal distribution channels; it has to be ordered direct from the publisher.
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Eduard Mark, Aerial Interdiction in Three Wars. Washington: Center for Air Force History, 1994. xi, 432 pp. Covers WWII European Theater through June 1944; Korea 1950-51; Southern Laos 1971-72; and Vietnam 1972.
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General William M. Momyer, Airpower in Three Wars. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Air Force, 1978. xiv, 358 pp. Reprint edition, with a new preface by the author: Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 2003. xxiv, 401 pp. Momyer commanded 7th Air Force in Vietnam from mid-1966 to mid-1968, and then commanded Tactical Air Command from 1968 to 1973.

Forrest E. Morgan, Big Eagle, Little Dragon: Propaganda and the Coercive Use of Airpower against North Vietnam. Thesis, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Air University, 1994. vii, 85 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Donald Mrozek, Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam: Ideas and Actions. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1988. xvi, 196 pp.
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Donald Mrozek, The United States Air Force after Vietnam: Postwar Challenges and Potential for Responses. Air University Press and GPO, 1988. 126 pp.
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Bernard C. Nalty, Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh. Washington: Office of Air Force History, 1986. x, 134 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online.

Bernard C. Nalty, War Against Trucks: Aerial Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1968-1972. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2005. xiv, 365 pp. The part of this I have found time to read, so far, looks extremely good.
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Jacob Neufeld, Kenneth Schaffel, and Anne E. Shermer, Guide to Air Force Historical Literature. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1985. ix, 243 pp. This bibliography was declassified in 2008, and is now available online. Many of the works listed in it were originally classified, some as high as Top Secret; I have no idea how many of these have been declassified.

Richard A. Pfau and William H. Greenhalgh, Jr., The Air Force in Southeast Asia: The B-57G -- Tropic Moon III, 1967-1972. USAF Historical Studies, no. 200. 1978. v, 126 pp. Declassified in 1991.

Jeffrey Record, Serbia and Vietnam: A Preliminary Comparison of U.S. Decisions to Use Force. Occasional Paper No. 8, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, May 1999. 22 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Jeffrey Record, Perils of Reasoning by Historical Analogy: Munich, Vietnam and American Use of Force since 1945. Occasional Paper No. 4, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, March 1998. 30 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Lt. Col. Robert D. Rego, Anti-Infiltration Barrier Technology and the Battle for Southeast Asia, 1966-1972. AU/ACSC/147/2000-04. Student research report, Air Command and Staff College, 2000. xi, 69 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

John Schlight, A War Too Long: The History of the USAF in Southeast Asia [title on cover] or A War Too Long: The USAF in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 [title on title page]. Washington: GPO and Air Force History and Museums Program, 1996. 110 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.
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John Schlight, Help from Above: Air Force Close Air Support of the Army, 1946-1973. Washington: GPO and Air Force History and Museums Program, 2003. xv, 455 pp.

Donald E. Schulz, Communist Policy Towards Southeast Asia, 1954-1969: A Chronological Compendium. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, 1970. iv, 662 pp. Prepared at the Battelle Memorial Institute, of Columbus, Ohio, under contract for Project Corona Harvest. A chronological compendium of statements from open sources, intended to complement Futrell's volume United States Policy toward Southeast Asia, 1943-1968 (above). The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University.

Security Classification Guide for Southeast Asia (SEA) Operations. Air Force Office of Information Security, 26 June 1992. 87 pp. plus Appendices A-C. Online in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in six .pdf files. A guide for personnel reviewing Air Force documents from the Vietnam War for declassification. The three appendices that make up most of the document are useful reference works.
Appendix A. USAF Aircraft and Roles in Southeast Asia, 1965-1972. 2 pp.
Appendix B. Munitions Used in the Vietnam War. 12 pp. "Munitions" defined broadly, to include not only bombs and rockets, but rocket launching tubes, flares, airdropped mines, guns, and gun pods.
Appendix C. Glossary: Southeast Asia Terms,Nicknames, and Abbreviations. 174 pp. (runs from the third to the sixth of the six .pdf files).

Diana Simpson, Vietnamese Conflict: Lessons Learned: Selected References. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Library, 1990. 14 pp.

Leonard D. G. Teixeira, Linebacker II: A Strategic and Tactical Case Study. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University, 1990. v, 32 pp.

Earl H. Tilford, Jr., Setup: What the Air Force Did in Vietnam and Why. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 1991. xx, 308 pp. (A revised version titled Crosswinds was later published in the private sector.)
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Earl H. Tilford, Jr., Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia. Washington: Center for Air Force History, 1992. ix, 212 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.
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Captain Gilles Van Nederveen, Sparks over Vietnam: The EB-66 and the Early Struggle of Tactical Electronic Warfare. ARI Paper 2000-03. Maxwell Air Force Base: Air University, 2000. vii, 100 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Captain Gilles Van Nederveen, Wizardry for Air Campaigns: Signals Intelligence Support to the Cockpit. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 2001. iv, 38 pp. The Vietnam section is about the way Project Teaball, introduced in mid 1972, gathered radar, sigint, and elint info to give real-time threat warnings to U.S. aircraft over North Vietnam. The text is available online at an Air University web site.

Jacob Van Staaveren, USAF Plans and Policies in South Vietnam, 1961-1963. USAF Historical Division Liaison Office, June 1965. 106 pp. This was originally published as a "Top Secret" document. A declassified copy has been placed online by the National Security Archive.

Jacob Van Staaveren, USAF Plans and Policies in South Vietnam and Laos, 1964. USAF Historical Division Liaison Office, December 1965. 104 pp. This was originally published as a "Top Secret" document. A declassified copy has been placed online by the National Security Archive.

Jacob Van Staaveren, USAF Plans and Operations in Southeast Asia, 1965. USAF Historical Division Liaison Office, October 1966. 102 pp. This was originally published as a "Top Secret" document. A declassified copy has been placed online by the National Security Archive.

Jacob Van Staaveren, The Air Force in Vietnam: The Search for Military Alternatives, 1967. Office of Air Force History, December 1969. v, 80 pp. This was originally published as a "Top Secret" document. A declassified copy has been placed online by the National Security Archive.

Jacob Van Staaveren, The Air Force in Southeast Asia: Toward a Bombing Halt, 1968. Office of Air Force History, September 1970. vii, 102 pp. This was originally published as a "Top Secret" document. A declassified copy has been placed online by the National Security Archive.

A Timothy Warnock, Short of War: Major USAF Contingency Operations. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program/Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 2000. xxix, 274 pp.

Daniel L. Haulman, "Vietnam Evacuation: Operation FREQUENT WIND" (PP. 83-93)

Daniel L. Haulman, "Cambodian Airlift and Evacuation: Operation EAGLE PULL" (PP. 95-104)

Daniel L. Haulman, "Crisis in Southeast Asia: Mayaguez Rescue" (pp. 105-114)

Kenneth P. Werrell, Archie, Flak, AAA, and SAM: A Short Operational History of Ground-Based Air Defense. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 1988. xx, 198 pp. Vietnam is pp. 95-136.

Kenneth P. Werrell, "Did USAF Technology Fail in Vietnam? Three Case Studies." Airpower Journal, Spring 1998, pp. 87-99. The F-105, the fixed-wing gunship, and the laser-guided bomb. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air University web site.

Darrell D. Whitcomb, On a Steel Horse I Ride: A History of the MH-53 Pave Low Helicopters in War and Peace. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air University Press, 2012. xxxi, 738 pp.

R. Michael Worden, Rise of the Fighter Generals: The Problem of Air Force Leadership, 1945-1982.  Maxwell Air Force Base, AL: Air University Press, 1998.  xiii, 281 pp.

R. Frank Futrell, William H. Greenhalgh, Carl Grubb, et. al., Aces and Aerial Victories: The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1965-1973. Office of Air Force History, 1976. xiii, 188 pp.
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USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series.

Volume I, Monographs 1 and 2: Col. Delbert Corum et. al., The Tale of Two Bridges and Maj. Paul Burbage et. al., The Battle for the Skies over North Vietnam. Washington: GPO, 1976. xi, 193 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.
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Volume II, Monograph 3: Col. John A. Doglione et. al., Airpower and the 1972 Spring Invasion. Washington: GPO, 1976. xii, 113 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.
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Volume III, Monographs 4 and 5: Gen. William W. Momyer, The Vietnamese Air Force, 1951-1975, an Analysis of its Role in Combat, and Capt. Thomas D. Des Brisay, Fourteen Hours at Koh Tang. Washington: GPO, 1977. xiv + 161 pp. The full text is at Hathi Trust.
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Volume IV, Monograph 6: Last Flight from Saigon.
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Volume V, Monograph 7: Lieutenant Colonel Alan L. Gropman, Airpower and the Airlift Evacuation of Kham Duc. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1979, 1985. viii, 87 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.
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Volume VI, Monograph 8: Brig. Gen. James R. McCarthy and Col. Robert E. Rayfield, Linebacker II: A View from the Rock. Maxwell AFB: Air War College, 1979; reprinted Washington: GPO, 1985. xvi + 208 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at HathiTrust.
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Volume VII, Monograph 9: Maj. Donald K. Schneider, Air Force Heroes in Vietnam. Maxwell AFB: Air War College, 1979. xiv + 86 pp. The FULL TEXT is available online at an Air Force web site.

CHECO Reports

Contemporary Historical Evaluation of Counterinsurgency Operations. CHECO operated briefly under this name in the early part of the war.

History of the War in Vietnam, Oct 61 - Dec 63. 1 May 1964. Abstract and six volumes.

Part I. Lt Col Donald F. Martin and Carl O. Clever, Summary. x, 84 pp.

Part II. Lt Col Donald F. Martin and Carl O. Clever, The Threat, October 1961 - December 1963. iv, 49 pp.

Part III. Lt Col Donald F. Martin and Carl O. Clever, Political/Policy Influences. v, 187 pp. Potentially interesting sections include "Indiscriminate Bombing" (pp. 24-28), "Chinese Nationalist Assistance" (pp. 49-52), and "US Optimism" (pp. 154-161).

Part IV. Lt Col Donald F. Martin and Carl O. Clever, Area Command Structure/Relationships. v, 112 pp. plus appendices. The section "COIN Air Polemic" (pp. 67-105), dealing with disputes over the degree to which command of air power should be centralied, consists mostly of the full texts of various communications on the subject.

Part V. Lt Col Donald F. Martin and Carl O. Clever, Air Operations. v, 116 pp. Attached to this document is a Working Paper of 104 pp. on the merits of Project Farmgate, responding to doubts that had been expressed by W. Averill Harriman. The Working Paper had been written by MACV, sent by General Harkins to Ambassador Nolting on April 25, 1963, and sent by Nolting (I presume immediately) to Harriman and Hilsman at the State Department.

Part VI. Carl O. Clever, Support Activities, Oct 61 - Dec 63. v, 73 pp.

General and Miscellaneous

Lee Bonetti, The War in Vietnam, January-June 1967. vii, 137 pp. The text.

Colonel Patrick J. Breitling, Guided Bomb Operations in SEA: The Weather Dimention, 1 Feb - 31 Dec 1972. October 1, 1973. xii, 47 pp.

Lt. Col. Robert M. Burch, Command and Control, 1966 - 1968. 1 August 1969. x, 45 pp. The text.

#115: Charles V. Collins, Herbicide Operations in Southeast Asia, July 1961 - June 1967. vi, 76 pp. The text.

Support Documents
MACV Directive Number 525-1, Herbicide Operations, 15 February 1966.
Major Philip L. Boster, Status of Herbicide, 161020Z Jan 67.

Robert F. Colwell, USAF Tactical Reconnaissance in Southeast Asia, July 69 - June 71. 23 November 1971. xi, 93 pp. The text.

Colonel Jesse C. Gatlin, IGLOO WHITE, (Initial Phase), 31 July 1968. vi, 45 pp.

Captain Russell W. Mank, TACC Fragging Procedures, 15 August 1969. x 46 pp. (The appendix on pp 33-44 is missing; the date is illegible on the directive that all holders of the report remove and destroy those pages.)

Wesley R.C. Melyan and Lee Bonetti, The War in Vietnam, 1966. 23 October 1967. viii, 208 pp. The text.

Wesley R. C. Melyan, ARC LIGHT, 1965-1966. viii, 351 pp. The text.

Maj. Ronald D. Merrell, Tactical Airlift in SEA. 15 Feb 1972. xv, Covers the period from 1969 through November 1971. Includes a long chapter on Lam Son 719. Front matter and pp. 1-44, pp. 45-94.

Charles A. Nicholson, The USAF Response to the Spring 1972 NVN Offensive: Situation & Redeployment - Special Report. ix, 83 pp. The text.

A. A. Picinich, et. al., The F-111 in Southeast Asia: September 1972-January 1973. xi, 77 pp. The text (sanitized) has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-37, and pp. 42-77.

Captain Melvin F. Porter, Night Interdiction in Southeast Asia. 9 September 1966. v, 41 pp.

#79: Melvin F. Porter, Control of Airstrikes, January 1967 - December 1968. 30 June 1969.

Melvin F. Porter, Commando Vault. 12 October 1970. xi, 22 pp. The development of techniques to create instant helicopter landing zones by dropping very large bombs. The text.

Capt. Joseph V. Potter, OV-10 Operations in SEAsia. 15 September 1969. x, 26 pp. The text.

James B. Pralle, ARC LIGHT, June 1967 - December 1968. xiv, 69 pp., plus more than 200 pages of attached documents. The text including attachments, but with poor legibility. The text without attachments, but more legible.

Kenneth Sams, Command and Control 1965. iv, 40 pp. The longest chapter is on command and control of strikes against Laos and North Vietnam; the second longest is on air support for III MAF. There is a short chapter on command structures for South Vietnam, and a short one on air support for the 1st Cavalry Division. The text.

#19: K. Sams et. al., The Air War in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969. xi, 141 pp. front matter, pp. 1-20, and three figures on unnumbered pages following p. 20, pp. 21-63, pp. 64-107, and pp. 108-141 (appendices, chronology, and glossary).

Support documents
Year End Review of Out-Country Operations, 9 Jan 1970.
7AF Military Civic Action, 31 Jan 1970.

Kenneth Sams and Lt Col Bert B. Aton, USAF Support of Special Forces in SEA, 10 March 1969. xiii, 86 pp.

Louis Seig, Impact of Geography on Air Operations in SEA. xi, 66 pp. Dated 11 June 1970. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in three parts: front matter and pp. 1-24, pp. 25-56, and pp. 57-77 (notes, definitions of terms, abbreviations).

C. William Thorndale, Interdiction in SEAsia, November 1966 - October 1968. 30 June 1969. xviii, 161 pp. The text.

#78: Warren A Trest, Control of Airstrikes in SEA, 1961-1966. 1 March 1967.

Bernell A. Whitaker and L.E. Paterson, Assault Airlift Operations. vii, 129 pp. Mostly deals with transport operations. "Background of Operations" (pp. 3-7) is an interesting summary of USAF support for the French in the First Indochina War, but the main body of the study (pp. 15-121) covers the years 1962 to 1966. The text.

Search and Rescue

B. Conn Anderson, USAF Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia (1961-66). 24 October 1966. v, 107 pp. The text.

Richard A. Durkee, USAF Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia, July 1966 - November 1967. vi, 32 pp. The text.

Major James B. Overton, USAF Search and Rescue, November 1967-June 1969. July 30, 1969. xiii, 77 pp. The text.

Leroy W. Lowe, USAF Search and Rescue Operations in SEA, 1 January 1971 - 31 March 1972. xii, 88 pp. The text.

Short Rounds

#202: Captain Melvin F. Porter, Short Rounds, 1965 - May 1967. 28 September 1967.

#203: Captain Melvin F. Porter, Short Rounds, June 1967 - June 1968. 23 August 1968.

#204: Major J. D. Schlatter, Short Rounds, June 1968 - May 1969. 15 August 1969.

#207: Captain William R. Burditt, Short Rounds, January 1972 - August 1973. 1 November 1977.

Rules of Engagement

L.E. Paterson, Evolution of the Rules of Engagement for Southeast Asia, 1959-1965. vi, 86 pp. Can be purchased from NTIS (see also below).

Major John Schlight, Rules of Engagement, 1 January 1966-1 November 1969 (see below).

Captain Paul W. Elder and Captain Peter J. Melly, Rules of Engagement, November 1969-September 1972. Can be purchased from NTIS (see also below).

W. R. Burditt, Rules of Engagement October 1972 - August 1973. Can be purchased from NTIS.

In 1985, Senator Barry Goldwater arranged for declassification and publication in the Congressional Record of substantial portions of three CHECO reports relating to the rules of engagement. These have been gathered, along with some other materials, in a composite .pdf file and placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University:

L.E. Patterson, Evolution of the Rules of Engagement for Southeast Asia, 1960-1965, in the Congressional Record for March 6, 1985, pp. 4636-46 (S2632-S2641).

Major John Schlight, Rules of Engagement, 1 January 1966-1 November 1969, in the Congressional Record for March 14, 1985, pp. 5248-56 (S2982-S2990).

Captain Paul W. Elder and Captain Peter J. Melly, Rules of Engagement, November 1969-September 1972, in the Congressional Record for March 18, 1985, pp. 5278-85 (S3011-S3018).

North Vietnam

Robert Leo Vining, Rolling Thunder. 56 pp.

Rolling Thunder: March-June 1965. v, 83 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-37, and pp. 38-83.

Wesley R.C. Melyan and Lee Bonetti, Rolling Thunder, July 1965 - December 1966. viii, 150 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in four parts: front matter and pp. 1-27, pp. 28-70, pp. 71-102, and pp. 103-150.

Lt Charles H. Heffron, Jr., Air-to-Air Encounters over North Vietnam, 1 January - 30 June 1967. 30 November 1967. vi, 71 pp.

Lt Col Robert B. Weaver, Air-to-Air Encounters over North Vietnam, 1 July 1967 - 31 December 1968. 30 August 1969. xi, 44 pp.

Major John C. Pratt, Air Tactics Against NVN Air Ground Defenses, December 1966 - 1 November 1968. 30 August 1969. x, 57 pp.

Maj. James Overton, Rolling Thunder, January 1967-November 1968. xi, 53 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-31, and pp. 32-53.

C. William Thorndale, Interdiction in Route Package One, 1968. 30 June 1969. ix, 72 pp. The text.

Captain Carl W. Reddell, College Eye. 1 November 1968. ix, 84 pp. Project BIG EYE brought EC-121D radar-equipped aircraft to Southeast Asia in April 1965. Their main mission was to track hostile MiGs threatening U.S. aircraft over North Vietnam. The name was changed to COLLEGE EYE as of 13 March 1967. This study goes up through June 1968.

Paul W. Elder, Buffalo Hunter, 1970-1972, vol. 1. xiii, 44 pp. The text (sanitized, I think) has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-37, and pp. 38-44 (endnotes and glossary).

M.F. Porter, Linebacker: Overview of the First 120 Days. xii, 83 pp.

Maj. Calvin R. Johnson, Linebacker Operations, September - December 1972. vi, 106 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University.

South Vietnam

Major Oakah L. Jones, Organization, Mission and Growth of the Vietnamese Air Force, 1949-1968. 8 October 1968. xi, 90 pp.

Lt. Col. Donald F. Martin (Carl O. Clever, editor), Project CHECO Southeast Asia Report. May 1964. Covers the period October 1961 to December 1963. Part I: Summary. x, 84 pp. Part V: Air Operations.

Captain Robert L. Vining, Air Operations in the Delta. 8 December 1967. vi, 49 pp. The text. The main focus is the period January 1965 to June 1967.

Kenneth Sams, The Fall of A Shau. 18 April 1966. iii, 11 pp. The A Shau Special Forces camp fell to Communist forces on 10 March 1966.

Kenneth Sams, Operation HAWTHORNE. 8 September 1966. iv, 24 pp. Opeartion HAWTHORNE took place in Kontum Province, 2-21 June 1966.

Lawrence J. Hickey, Operation Junction City. x, 47 pp. An attack on Communist forces in War Zone C, northern III Corps, early in 1967. front matter and pp. 1-18, and pp. 19-47.

Kenneth Sams and Major Richard A. Durkee, Ambush at XT 686576. 29 December 1967. iv, 18 pp. An incident on 17 October 1967, in which elements of the 271st Viet Cong Main Force Regiment (9th Viet Cong Division) ambushed A and D Companies, 2/28 Infantry, in the vicinity of the Long Nguyen Secret Base Area, southeast of the Michelin Rubber Plantation in Binh Duong province.

Warren A. Trest, Khe Sanh (Operation Niagara), 22 January - 31 March. v, 132 pp. front matter and pp. 1-39, pp. 40-84, and pp. 85-132.

A.W. Thompson and C William Thorndale, Air Response to the Tet Offensive: 30 January - 29 February 1968. vi, 93 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in three parts: front matter and pp. 1-34, pp. 35-73, and pp. 74-93 (endnotes, appendices, and glossary).

Maj. A. W. Thompson, The Defense of Saigon. 14 December 1968. ix, 88 pp. Covers the Tet Offensive that hit Saigon in January 1968, and the second offensive in May and June. Includes information on Communist rocket attacks against the Saigon area. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project, at Texas Tech University, in three parts: front matter and pp. 1-33, pp. 34-70, and pp. 71-88 (endnotes, appendix giving detailed data on rocket and mortar attacks in May and June, and glossary).

Bert Aton and William Thorndale, A Shau Valley Campaign, December 1968 - May 1969. xi, 63 pp. front matter and pp. 1-39, and pp. 40-63.

Lt Col Bert B. Aton and E. S. Montagliani, The Fourth Offensive. 1 October 1969. xii, 88 pp. Discusses the Communist offensive that began 22 February 1969.

Major David I. Folkman, Air Support in Quang Ngai Province. 25 February 1970. xi, 72 pp.

James T. Bear, VNAF Improvement and Modernization Program. 5 February 1970. xi, 164 pp.

Ernie S. Montagliani, Army Aviation in RVN - A Case Study. 11 July 1970. xvi, 81 pp. The text, with pages out of order: first pp. 53-81, then front matter and pp. 1-52.

Col. J.F. Loye, Jr., and Maj. L.J. Johnson, The Defense of Dak Seang. xi, 44 pp. Defense of the Dak Seang CIDG camp, in Kontum province, against PAVN attack beginning 1 April 1970. The text.

Paul T. Ringenbach & Peter Melly, The Battle for An Loc, 5 April - 26 June 1972. xiii, 97 pp. front matter and pp. 1-39, pp. 40-66, and pp. 67-97.

Peter Liebchen, Kontum: Battle for the Central Highlands, 30 March - 10 June 1972. xv, 118 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in three parts: front matter and pp. 1-32, pp. 33-70, and pp. 71-118.

David K. Mann, The 1972 Invasion of Military Region I: Fall of Quang Tri and Defense of Hue. xi, 86 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-36, and pp. 37-86.

Laos

Maj. John C. Pratt, The Royal Laotian Air Force: 1954-1970. xii, 184 pp. The reprint from Dalley Book Service is sanitized--a few pages were not declassified--but it has an added introduction written by Pratt in 1994, stating that the deletions are inconsequential, and that the U.S. effort to build a Laotian Air Force had been a costly failure. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in five parts: front matter and pp. 1-34 (beginning to about 1966),  pp. 35-75 (about 1966 through 1968),  pp. 76-121 (1969-1970),  pp. 122-160 (1970, epilogue, map, and endnotes),  and pp. 161-184 (more endnotes, appendix on RLAF pay scale, and glossary).

Capt. Peter A.W. Liebchen, MAP Aid to Laos: 1959-1972. xv, 200 pp. The text has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in five parts: front matter and pp. 1-39 (1954-1965),  pp. 40-83 (1966-1969),  pp. 84-126 (1969-1971),  pp. 127-171 (1971-1972, and appendices),  and pp. 172-200 (more appendices, notes, and glossary).

Robert L. MacNaughton, Yankee Team. 76 pp. US reconnaissance operation in Laos, begun May 1964.

Robert L. MacNaughton, Barrel Roll 7. 11 pp. Covers 1964-65.

Melvin F. Porter, Tiger Hound. 6 September 1966. v, 54 pp. A U.S. air campaign in the southern panhandle of Laos, formally begun in December 1965 (though derived from previous campaigns under different names). The text (serioously incomplete).

Warren A. Trest, Lucky Tiger Combat Operations. v, 55 pp. A-26 and T-28 operations in Laos. Dated 15 June 1967. This document (sanitized; two pages are missing) has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-36, and pp. 37-55.

"Captain Melvin" [Melvin F. Porter], The Defense of Attopeu. 64 pp. Airborne use of the starlight scope, enabling an AC-47 gunship to operate at night without using flares, was pioneered during the defense of Attopeu (extreme southern Laos) against Communist attack in March 1966. This document has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in two parts: pp. 1-13 and some original documents, and more original documents.

Melvin F. Porter, Second Defense of Lima Site 36. v, 14 pp. Vang Pao's forces had retaken LS 36, on Route 6 near the Plain of Jars, on May 25, 1966. This brief study describes the role of close air support in the defense of the site against a serious Communist attack in January 1967. This document has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University.

Edward Vallentiny, The Fall of Site 85. ix, 56 pp. Site 85, also called Phou Pha Thi, in northeast Laos near the Vienamese border, had a radar navigation system that guided strike aircraft in considerable parts of Laos and North Vietnam. It was overrun in a PAVN surprise attack on the morning of March 11, 1968. This document has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-29, and pp. 30-56.

Kenneth Sams, John C. Pratt, C. William Thorndale, and James T. Bear, Air Support of Counterinsurgency in Laos: July 1968 - November 1969.  222 pp.

USAF Operations in Laos: 1 January 1970 - 30 June 1971.  vii, 285 pp. The cover states that this was "Prepared by: Gen. L.D. Clay, Jr. USAF Commander in Chief Pacific Air Forces" but I have doubts that General Clay actually wrote it. front matter and pp. 1-43,  pp. 44-93,  pp. 94-143,  pp. 144-193,  pp. 194-241,  and pp. 242-285.

Harry D. Blout, Air Operations in Northern Laos, 1 Apr - 1 Nov 70. ix, 42 pp. This document has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University.

Harry D. Blout and Melvin F. Porter, Air Operations in Northern Laos: November 1, 1970 to April 1, 1971. viii, 63 pp. This document (heavily redacted) has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in two parts: front matter and pp. 1-47, and pp. 48-63.

Col. J.F. Loye, Jr., Maj. G.K. St. Clair, Maj. L.J. Johnson, and J.W. Dennison, Lam Son 719: 30 January - 24 March 1971. xvii, 116 pp. plus maps on unnumbered pages scattered through the text. front matter and pp. 1-26, pp. 27-71, pp. 72-115, and pp. 116-165.

Maj. William W. Lofgren and Maj. Richard R. Sexton, Air War in Northern Laos: 1 April - 30 November 1971. xi, 113 pp. The text, considerably sanitized, has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in three parts: front matter and pp. 1-35, pp. 36-82, and pp. 83-112.

Donald G. Hukle, Melvin F. Porter, et. al., The Bolovens Campaign: 28 July-28 December 1971. xvi, 44 pp. front matter and pp. 1-21, and pp. 21-44.

Cambodia

David I. Folkman, Jr., and Philip D. Caine, The Cambodian Campaign: 29 April - 30 June 1970. 1970. xvii, 78 pp. front matter and pp. 1-21, pp. 22-47, and pp. 48-78.

Maj. Paul W. Elder, Air Operations in the Khmer Republic. x, 86 pp. Covers December 1971 through 1973. front matter and pp. 1-39, and pp. 40-86.

Thailand

Captain Edward Vallentiny, USAF Posture in Thailand, January - December 1967. 25 March 1969. xiii, 64 pp.

Edward Valentiny [Vallentiny], USAF Operations from Thailand: 1 January 1967 to 1 July 1968. x, 130 pp. The text (heavily redacted) has been placed on-line in the Virtual Vietnam Archive of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University, in three parts: front matter and pp. 1-44, pp. 45-105, and pp. 106-130.

Benjamin H. Barnette, Jr., and James R. Barrow, Base Defense in Thailand. February 18, 1973. xv, 91 pp.

General

Kenneth Sams, Escalation of the War in Southeast Asia, July - December 1964. December 1965.

Richard R. Lee, 7th Air Force Local Base Defense Operations - July 1965-December 1968 - Special Report.

South Vietnam

Kenneth Sams, Historical Background to Vietcong Mortar Attack on Bien Hoa. November 9, 1964.

Kenneth Sams, The Battle of Binh Gia, 27 December 1964 - 1 January 1965. July 1, 1965.

Kenneth Sams, Final Test and Combat Use of the AC-47. December 8, 1965.

Attack against Tan Son Nhut  (report dated July 8, 1966).  100 pp.  Deals with the attack on April 13, 1966.

C. William Thorndale, Defense of Da Nang - October 1968-April 1969 - Special Report.

John W. Dennison and Melvin F. Porter, Local Base Defense in RVN - January 1969-June 1971 - Continuing Report.

Thomas G. Abbey, Attack on Cam Ranh - 25 August 1971 - Special Report.

Thailand

Lt. Col. Monty D. Coffin and Maj. Ronald D. Merrell, The Royal Thai Air Force. September 3, 1971.

MSgt Robert T. Helmka and TSgt Beverly Hale, USAF Operations from Thailand, 1964-1965. August 10, 1966.

Edward Vallentiny and David G. Francis, Attack on Udorn (26 July 1968).  61 pp.

Readers interesting in identifying additional reports might start by consulting the bibliographies of several of the volumes of the series The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia (see above), which list numerous CHECO reports.  For a still more comprehensive listing, with a short summary of each report, one can obtain, from Dalley,

Research Guide to Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operations (CHECO) Reports of Southeast Asia (1961-1975).  Compiled by Secretary of Air Force Southeast Asia Declassification and Review Team.  Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Air Force Historical Research Agency, 1992. vii, 110 pp.

Air Force Journals

Many articles published in the Air University Review have been placed on-line. There is an index to the available articles, Air University Review Index, with links to the full texts. Articles relevant to the Vietnam War include:

Adelman, Col. Frederick J., "Gradualism--A Flexible Response," Vol. XX, No. 4 (May-June 1969): 63-68. A critical, and sometimes exaggerated, look at American gradualism in Vietnam.

Alnwick, Col Kenneth J. "Strategic Choice, National Will, and the Vietnam Experience," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): 133-136. A review of On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, by Col. Harry Summers (see Summers' rejoinder, below).

Anthis, Major General Rollen H., "Twentieth Century Centurions Needed," Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (January-February 1967): 15-23. Argues that the United States needs people with skills other than combat--advisers, economists, specialists in psychological operations, etc.--to defeat insurgency.

Appel, Lt. Col. Bernard, "Bombing Accuracy in a Combat Environment," Vol. XXVI, No. 5 (July-August 1975), pp. 38-52.

Arruda, SMSgt Gerald C., USAF and Theodore Van Geffen, Jr., "Thunderchief," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983).

Raymond J. Barrett, "Public Information, World Opinion, and Counterinsurgency," Vol. XXI, No. 5 (July-August 1970), pp. 72-77.

Bell, Raymond E., Jr. "Myths and Vietnam," Vol. XXVIII, No. 3 (March-April 1977): 100-103. A review of Robert L. Gallucci, Neither Peace Nor Honor and two other works. Not particularly interesting.

Bellows, Dr. Thomas J. "Southeast Asia Today: Cultural Continuity and Political Instability," Vol. XXXI, No. 6 (September-October 1980): 83-92. Discusses the wars pitting the Vietnamese against the Khmer Rouge and the Chinese.

Bishop, Capt Donald M. "The Press and the Tet Offensive: A Flawed Institution under Stress," Vol. XXX, No. 1 (November-December 1978): pp. 84-88. A review, very critical of the press, of Braestrup's book Big Story.

Bodansky, Yossef, "Air War Vietnam: What the Soviets Learned," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 83-91.

Bounds, Lt. Col. Malcolm S., "Military Civic Action," Vol. XX, No. 4 (May-June 1969), pp. 68-75.

Brown, Dr. Harold, "Air Power in Limited War," Vol. XX, No. 4 (May-June 1969), pp. 20-15. Brown had been Secretary of the Air Force from 1965 to 1969.

Buckingham, Maj William A., Jr. "Operation Ranch Hand: Herbicides in Southeast Asia," Vol. XXXIV, No. 5 (July-August 1983): 42-53.

Caine, Major Philip D. USAF, "Successor to Ho Chi Minh?" Vol. XXI, No. 5 (July-August 1970): 90-92. A rather negative review of Robert J. O'Neill's biography of General Vo Nguyen Giap.

Caine, Major Philip D. USAF, "The United States in Korea and Vietnam: A Study in Public Opinion." Vol. XX, No. 1 (November-December 1968): 49-56.

Clifton, Lt Col Patrick O. "The Vietnam 'Victory'," Vol. XXXIV, No. 5 (July-August 1983): 91-93.

Cogley, Maj William L. "A New Look at People's War," Vol. XXVIII, No. 5 (July-August 1977): 44-55.

Colonel Thomas H. Curtis, "USAF Officer Education in Counterinsurgency," Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (January-February 1967).

Dean, Lt Col David J. "Project Control: Creative Strategic Thinking at Air University," Vol. XXXV, No. 5 (July-August 1984): pp. 22-32. Includes brief comments on discussions, in 1954, of possible U.S. intervention in the First Indochina War.

Dean, Lt Col David J. "The USAF in Low-Intensity Conflict: The Special Air Warfare Center," Vol. XXXVI, No. 2 (January-February 1985): 45-57.

DeBerry, Captain Drue L., "Vietnamese Air Force Technical Training, 1970-1971," Vol. XXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1973): pp. 43-51.

Dunn, Dr Joe P., "Reflections on Vietnam: The Lessons?" Vol. XXXI, No. 1 (November-December 1979): pp. 102-106.

Dunn, Dr Joe P. "The Air Force in Vietnam: Official Histories," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 137-141.

Gabriel, Maj Richard A., USAR, "Professionalism Versus Managerialism in Vietnam" Vol. XXXII No. 2 (January-February 1981): 77-84.

Gabriel, Maj Richard A., USAR, and Col Alan Gropman, USAF, "Cincinnatus Inside Out: Parts I and II," Vol. XXXII, No. 5 (July-August 1981): 96-101. Reactions to Self-Destruction: The Disintegration and Decay of the United States Army during the Vietnam Era, by "Cincinnatus" (pen name of Cecil B. Currey).

Gilster, Col. Herman L., "The Commando Hunt V Interdiction Campaign: A Case Study in Constrained Optimization," Vol. XXIX, No. 2 (January-February 1978): pp. 21-37. Air attack against the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 10 October 1970 to 30 June 1971.

Captain N.K. Goldsmith, "Tactical Air Warfare Center: TAC's Secret Weapon," Vol. XX, No. 4 (May-June 1969).

Gregor, Dr A. James and Rear Admiral James B. Linder, USN (Ret) "The Chinese Communist Air Force in the 'Punitive' War Against Vietnam," Vol. XXXII No. 6 (September-October 1981): pp. 67-77. Says that there was very little air support for the Chinese ground forces that invaded northern Vietnam in 1979.

Gross, Dr Charles J. "A Different Breed of Cats: The Air National Guard and the 1968 Reserve Mobilizations," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 92-99.

Hansen, Lt Col Richard Earl, "The Flight of the Blind Bat," Vol. XXXIII, No. 4 (May-June 1982): pp. 40-47.

Hense, Major Frank F.E., "Aircraft Maintenance Training for Southeast Asia," Vol. XIX, No. 6 (September-October 1968): pp. 37-41.

Huglin, Brigadier General Henry C., "Our Gains from Success in Vietnam," Vol. XX, No. 2 (January-February 1969): pp. 71-78. "The tide of battle seems to have been turned fully in our favor in Vietnam. . . . the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong . . . have apparently been finally convinced that dissent in America will not really force our withdrawal, that they are losing decisively militarily, . . ." (p. 71)

Hunter, Dr Edna J. "Coercive Persuasion: The Myth of Free Will?" Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 100-107. POWs during the Vietnam War, particularly considering the case of Robert Garwood.

Kipp, Robert M., "Counterinsurgency From 30,000 Feet--The B-52 in Vietnam," Vol. XIX, No. 2 (January-February 1968): pp. 10-18.

Lawler, Edward R., Chaplain (Lt. Col.), "Whose Side is God On?" Vol. XX, No. 3 (March-April 1969): pp. 97-101.

Little, Col Wendell E. "Wars of National Liberation--Insurgency," Vol. XXXI, No. 6 (September-October 1980): 117-122. Review of books by Blaufarb, Tran Van Don, and others.

McArdle, Maj. Frank H., "The KC-135 in Southeast Asia," Vol. XIX, No. 2 (January-February 1968): pp. 20-34.

McConnell, Lt. Col. Arthur F., "Mission: Ranch Hand," Vol. XXI, No. 2 (January-February 1970): pp. 84-94.

McJoynt, Maj Albert D., Maj Joseph R. Sanchez, and Maj Fraine C. Zeitler, "Truong Chi-Huy Va Tham-Muu," Vol. XXII, No. 2 (January-February 1971), pp. 49-55. The Command and Staff School of the VNAF, at Nha Trang, opened in January 1970.

McLaughlin, Maj. Gen. Burl W. USAF, "Khe Sanh: Keeping an Outpost Alive," Vol. XX, No. 1 (November-December 1968), pp. 57-77.

McMahon, Major John F. Jr., "Vietnam: Our World War II Legacy," Vol. XIX, No. 5 (July-August 1968): pp. 59-66. Strongly endorses U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The main focus is on the Eisenhower administration.

Dr. Jonathan G. Mark, "Reflections on Winning, Losing, and Neither," Vol. XXXIII, No. 4 (May-June 1982).

Meyrowitz, Dr Henri, "More Rolling Thunder," Vol. XXXIII, No. 5 (July-August 1982): 91-92. A commentary on the article by W. Hays Parks, below.

Millett, 1st Lt Stephen M., "The Air Force, the Courts, and the Controversial Bombing of Cambodia," Vol. XXVII, No. 5 (July-August 1976), pp. 80-88. Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY) and four Air Force officers, three of whom had been disciplined for refusing to fly bombing missions in Cambodia, sued for a halt to the bombing a federal court in Brooklyn. On July 25, 1973, Judge Orrin C. Judd ordered a halt to the bombing, effective July 27. The issue remained under appeal until it was rendered moot by a congressionally mandated halt to the bombing, on August 15.

Moore, Col. William C., "History, Vietnam, and the Concept of Deterrence," Vol. XX, No. 6 (September-October 1969), pp. 58-63.

Morrison, Col James L., Jr. USA (Ret) "The Southern Duck Wants to Lie Down," Vol. XXX, No. 3 (March-April 1979): pp. 80-85.

Mrozek, Dr Donald J. "The Limits of Innovation: Aspects of Air Power in Vietnam" Vol. XXXVI, No. 2 (January-February 1985): 58-71.

Mullady, Maj Brian, USA, "The Military Implications of Public Opinion," Vol. XXIX, No. 4 (May-June 1978): pp. 51-59.

Nufer, Maj Harold F. "Four Momentous Events in 1971-72," Vol. XXVIII, No. 5 (July-August 1977): 56-63. The Pentagon Papers case, and related issues.

O'Gorman, Major John P., "Battles are Bloody Maneuvers: A View from the Cockpit," Vol. XVIII, No. 6 (September-October 1967), pp. 20-28.

Parks, W. Hays, "Linebacker and the Law of War," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 2-30.

Parks, W. Hays, "Rolling Thunder and the Law of War," Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 (January-February 1982): pp. 2-23. There is a letter to the editor by Major General J.P. Wolfe, Canadian Defense Forces, arguing that Parks is too willing to accept collateral damage as legitimate in bombing campaigns, and a response by Parks, in the September-October 1982 issue.

Parks, W. Hays, "Statistics Versus Actuality in Vietnam," Vol. XXXII, No. 4 (May-June 1981): 84-88. A rebuttal, very convincing at least at first glance (I have not looked at length at the evidence) of the article by Richard Gabriel "Professionalism Versus Managerialism in Vietnam" (above).

Parrish, Brig. Gen. Noel F., USAF, Ret., "Pens to Pierce the Mighty and Degrade the Sword, Part I," Vol. XXIV, No. 1 (November-December 1973): pp. 10-25, and "Part II," Vol. XXV, No. 2 (January-February 1974): pp. 44-57. A very hostile review of Richard J. Barnet, The Roots of War. Parrish had been Director, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University, 1961-64.

Parrott, Lt Col Evan H. "CBS News, General Westmoreland, and the Pathology of Information," Vol. XXXIII, No. 6 (September-October 1982): 100-105. Quite a good analysis of the distortion of intelligence estimates in 1967.

Piowaty, Lt Col John F. "Reflections of a Thud Driver," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 52-57.

Reynolds, Lt Col Jon A. "Question of Honor," Vol. XXVIII, No. 3 (March-April 1977): 104-110. A review of John A. Dramesi, Code of Honor, on POWs in North Vietnam.

Rubin, Alfred P. "Rolling Thunder Reconsidered," Vol. XXXIII, No. 4 (May-June 1982): pp. 66-67.

Sanks, Capt Julius F. "The Historian's Responsibility," Vol. XXXIII, No. 1 (November-December 1981): 116-118. A review of Sideshow, by William Shawcross.

Suid, Dr Lawrence H. "Hollywood and Vietnam," Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 121-127.

Summers, Col Harry G., Jr. "An On Strategy Rejoinder," Vol. XXXIV, No. 5 (July-August 1983): 93-94. A response to reviews by Alnwick (above) and Weigley (below) of Summers' book On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War.

Summers, Col Harry G., Jr. "Clausewitz: Eastern and Western Approaches to War," Vol. XXXVII, No. 3 (March-April 1986): 62-71.

Tilford, Maj Earl H., Jr. "Air Power and the Art of War," Vol. XXXVI, No. 2 (January-February 1985): 2-3.

Tilford, Maj Earl H., Jr. "Laos: Three Perspectives on a Secret War," Vol. XXXII, No. 2 (January-February 1981): 96-101. A review of books by John Clark Pratt, Christopher Robbins, and Dieter Dengler.

Tilford, Capt Earl H., Jr. "Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975," Vol. XXXI, No. 2 (January-February 1980): pp. 60-74.

Venanzi, Lt Col Gerald S. "Democracy and Protracted War: The Impact of Television,"" Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 58-72. Critical of the media.

Richard L. Walker, "China: The Illusion of Power," Vol. XX, No. 4 (May-June 1969).

Weigley, Dr Russell F. "Vietnam: What Manner of War?" Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 114-120. A review of On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, by Col. Harry Summers (see Summers' rejoinder, above) and several other books.

Werrell, Kenneth P. "Linebacker II: The Decisive Use of Air Power?" Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2 (January-March 1987): 48-61. The author feels that Linebacker II did not represent decisive use of air power.

Wolfe, Maj Gen J. P., Canadian Defense Forces, "More 'Rolling Thunder'," Vol. XXXIII, No. 6 (September-October 1982): 82-83. A brief comment on the article by W. Hays Parks (above), with a response by Parks.

Herman S. Wolk, "Antimilitarism in America," Vol. XXIII, No. 4 (May-June 1972): 20-25.

Zeybel, Lt Col Henry, USAF (Ret) "Truck Count" Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (January-February 1983): pp. 36-45. A very interesting account of attacks by AC-130 Spectre gunships against trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1970-1972, and the problem of figuring out how many trucks had actually been destroyed.

Zubkoff, Harry M., "The Press and Public Opinion," Vol. XXII No. 1 (November-December 1970): pp. 69-75.

Air & Space Power Journal Index. This is a complete subject index to articles published since 1987 in the journal, published by the U.S. Air Force Air University, at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, now called Air & Space Power Journal, formerly Airpower Journal and Aerospace Power Journal. These titles are successors to Air University Review (above). The texts of the articles are available online. Some of the ones relevant to the Vietnam War are:

Airman, "Official Magazine of the U.S. Air Force." Monthly, published by the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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The Air War: Congressional Committee Hearings and Reports

The Air War: Private Sector Publications

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