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The 2nd Air Division was organized in Saigon at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in October 1962 under the authority of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam to control local USAF operations. From December 1962, it controlled all activities and units in Southeast Asia, initially, USAF tactical forces FARM GATE C/H- 47, B/RB-26, T-28, and U-10 ...
U.S. 2nd Air Division operation to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the lower portion of the Laotian panhandle, from Route 9 west of the DMZ, south to the Cambodian border and to reduce North Vietnamese infiltration down the trail into South Vietnam: Southeastern Laos: Dec 9–15: Operation Sweeping Mustang [1] 1/1 Cavalry search and destroy ...
Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) against North Vietnam, China and North Korea from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War.
Operation Steel Tiger was a covert U.S. 2nd Air Division, later Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction effort targeted against the infiltration of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) men and material moving south from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) through southeastern Laos to support their military effort in the Republic of Vietnam (South ...
MRF 9th Infantry Division, 9th ARVN Division, ARVN 21st Division joint riverine, air and ground search operations to locate and destroy Vietcong MR 3 headquarters and to cordon and search Cu Lao May island in the Hậu River southwest of Cần Thơ. The operation was also to relieve enemy pressure on the city of Cần Thơ
Moore was assigned to Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia., as assistant deputy for operations in October 1961. In January 1964 he became commander of the 2nd Air Division in South Vietnam, and in June 1965 assumed the additional position of deputy commander for air operations, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
196th Infantry Brigade, 1st Marine Division and ARVN 2nd Division operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: Sep 5 – Oct 6 71: Operation Jefferson Glenn [2] [7]: 84 101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division and ARVN 1st Division operation. This was the last major offensive operation involving US ground troops
2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment cordon and search operation: Bình Dương Province: Jan 13 – Feb 9: Operation Bold Mariner [5]: 300 (part of Operation Game Warden) HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, 2/26th Marines, HMM-164 cordon, search, and sweep operation was the largest amphibious assault of the war