Covert United States Air Force advisory mission to Laos
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Project 404
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Operational scope
Diplomatic Military Attachés Strategic
Planned by
United States Department of State CIA
Objective
Counterinsurgency Foreign internal defense
Date
1966–1973
Executed by
U.S. Army Attachés U.S. Air Force Attachés Air America
Outcome
North Vietnamese Army and Pathet Lao Conquest of Royal Lao Government 1975
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Military engagements of the Laotian Civil War
North Vietnamese invasion
Hotfoot
1960 Laotian coups (Battle of Vientiane)
Battle of Ban Pa Dong
Battle of Luang Namtha
Momentum
Pincushion
Battle of Lak Sao
Hardnose
Wapi
1964 Laotian coups
Triangle
Unity
1965 Laotian coups
Star
Battle of Nam Bac
Battles of Nakhang
1966 Laotian coup d'état
Ban Naden raid
1967 Opium War
Sone Pet
Battle of Ban Houei Sane
Battle of Lima Site 85
Pigfat
Junction City Jr.
Toan Thang
Left Jab
Off Balance
About Face
139
Diamond Arrow
Snake Eyes
Maeng Da
Honorable Dragon
Tailwind
Counterpunch
Tchepone
Copper
Silver Buckle
74B
Lam Son 719
Desert Rat
Xien Dong
Phoutah
Phiboonpol
Sayasila
Phou Khao Kham
Sourisak Montry VIII
Bedrock
Thao La
Z
Maharat
Sinsay
Strength I
Strength II
Fa Ngum
Black Lion
Phou Phiang II
Black Lion III
972
Maharat II
Phou Phiang III
1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt
Hin Heup
Air operations
Booster Shot
Millpond
Barrel Roll
Steel Tiger
Pony Express
Tiger Hound
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Project 404 was the code name for a covert United States Air Force advisory mission to Laos during the later years of the Second Indochina War, which would eventually become known in the United States as the Vietnam War.[1] The purpose of the mission was to supply the line crew technicians needed to support and train the Royal Laotian Air Force, while Raven Forward Air Controllers were brought in to supply piloting expertise and guidance for running a tactical air force. The two programs together comprised Palace Dog.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail running through Laos, 1967
Project 404 began in 1966, as a successor after the completion of Operation White Star, was smaller in scope, and was an adjunct to the various covert ground operations succeeding White Star. Because Laos was ostensibly a neutral party to the conflict between the United States and North Vietnam, the airmen did not wear United States Air Force uniforms, but instead worked in civilian clothing.[2]
^"Palace Dog/Project 404 Begins Officially, Despite Having Already Been in Operation". World History Project. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
^Celeski, Joseph D. (2019). Special air warfare and the secret war in Laos : air commandos, 1964-1975. Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, Air University. Press. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. ISBN 9781585662906. OCLC 1107991323.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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