Air Support – April 1969

Air Support

  1. Fixed Wing
  2. Close Air Support, twenty-seven flights were run in the Battalion area of operations this month
  3. Aerial Observers, aerial observers were used 19 times on aerial surveillance missions.
  4. TPQ’s, fifty eight TPQ’s were requested this month and twenty six were hit.
  5. Illumination, illumination was not used during the month of April.
  6. Helicopter Support
  7. Troop lifts
  8. company size lifts – 9
  9. platoon size lifts – 14
  10. Med Evacs
  11. emergency med evacs – 7
  12. priority med evacs – 5
  13. routine med evacs – 17
  14. Time Lapse for Med Evacs
  15. emergency – 1/2 hour
  16. priority – 1 hour
  17. routine – 2 hours
  18. C and C Flights
  19. Three helicopter flights were used for Command and Liaison and Reconnaissance missions during the month of April

This page last corrected 4 September 2011