22 JAN--This Day in US Military History

2015-01-22T09:47:22-05:00

JAN 22--This Day in US Military History

1968 – Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.

Operation Igloo White was a covert United States joint military electronic warfare operation conducted from late January 1968 until February 1973, during the Vietnam War. These missions were carried out by the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing (553 RW), a U.S. Air Force unit flying modified EC-121R Warning Star aircraft, and Observation Squadron SIXTY-SEVEN (VO-67), a specialized U.S. Navy unit flying highly modified OP-2E Neptune aircraft.
This state-of-the-art operation utilized electronic sensors, computers, and communications relay aircraft in an attempt to automate intelligence collection. The system would then assist in the direction of strike aircraft to their targets.
The objective of those attacks was the logistical system of the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) that snaked through southeastern Laos and was known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail (the Truong Son Road to the North Vietnamese).

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Response by SFC Mark Merino made Jan 24 at 2015 11:10 PM

2015-01-24T23:10:00-05:00

As a grunt, I remember emplacing PEWS (Platoon Early Warning Systems) out on the perimeter, choke points, open areas, etc. I haven't seen the system in use since the early 90's. It was a much smaller version that could detect the difference between foot traffic and vehicle traffic. I thought it was Buck Rogers technology at the time.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 25 at 2015 2:05 AM

2015-01-25T02:05:02-05:00

1SG Private RallyPoint Member. Anthony Tambini wrote an outstanding review of history and technology of Igloo White . . .

o http://english.360elib.com/datu/D/EM350641.pdf

Warmest Regards, Sandy

Response by SSG Jim Parshall made Apr 21 at 2018 5:30 PM

2018-04-21T17:30:55-04:00

My father served with the 553rd, The Bat Cats.