Vietnam II: A War Novel Episode 3 (V2) - Plot & Excerpts
As early as 7 August the year before air power began flowing into the Pacific. Fixed wing Navy and USAF combat aircraft were on scene the first day, and their number grew at a steady rate, reaching a level of about 700 fighter and bomber aircraft by the end of the first month. The aircraft carriers provided over 100 fighter and attack aircraft in addition to airborne early-warning, electronic warfare and surveillance aircraft. The carriers were only hours ahead of two Air Force F-l5C squadrons flight-ferried by air refueling tankers from the U.S. directly to Okinawa. The Air Force fighters operated out of Kadena, Clark, Andersen and later Thailand once the rights to use bases there were secured. The carrier aircraft were stocked and ready for sustained combat operations on arrival into the AOR. Every battle group carried a full combat load of ordinance and avgas for their aircraft, plus a complete aircraft maintenance facility with all of its associated spare parts, test equipment and maintenance personnel. Then there was trouble The Air Force had to depend on fuel and maintenance assets already in theater. For further operations ordinance, spare parts and support personnel would have to be airlifted from the states. Everything else would be shipped in by sea.
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