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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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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).
https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/january-22/
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1SG (Join to see). 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
MAJ Joseph Parker LTC Stephen C. CMDCM Gene Treants SGT Paul McAfee
o http://english.360elib.com/datu/D/EM350641.pdf
Warmest Regards, Sandy
MAJ Joseph Parker LTC Stephen C. CMDCM Gene Treants SGT Paul McAfee
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Excellent. Thank you for the resource!
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Wow, I just checked and was thinking of ordering this book. Then found out the Kindle price is $41.99, so checked and the Paperback is $66,50. I guess it is off to the Library next. But here is the information if anyone is interested: http://smile.amazon.com/Wiring-Vietnam-Electronic-Anthony-Tambini-ebook/dp/B00F1WJUK8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid= [login to see] &sr=1-1&keywords=wiring+vietnam
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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.
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