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42 U.S. Planes, ’Copters Destroyed in Vietnam WarIly GKORGR KSPEU Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AW - Forty-two more American planes and helicopters were lost In Vietnam In the past week, raising the total for the war to .',,388, the U.S. Command announced today.The weekly summary of aircraft losses said the toll for the week included 2? helicopters and 15 fixod-wlng aircraft shot5 K/tydct41 a (fianceMWUMIIHtHMtWIWMMMItMilltWllllliniHI5 SatelliteCAPR KRNNKDY, Hu. (AP) - An Air Force Titan :i rocket today drilled a bundle of five military satellites into space, including two Sentry spacecraft to guard against any sneak violations of the nuclear test lan treaty.down, destroyed on the ground by enemy shelling or lost to other causes. The total was six less Hum Ihc week oefore, when 40 helicopters and eight planes were destroyed.A total of 2,713 fixod-wlng planes and 2,675 American helicopters now have been lost since Jan. 1. 1961. Military sources estimate their total value at $5-6 billion.Among the casualties in die past week were two $2 million F4 Phantom flghlerdmmbers and a four-engine KCIJO tanker lost in a collision during refueling operations off the coast last Sunday. Right crewmen were killed.Two of the helicopters were shot down Thursday northeast and northwest of Saigon. Two Americans were killed and one was wounded In tle crashes.As usual, the U.S. Command said it could give no explanation for liie heavy aircraft losses.One spokesman said the largest weekly loss of liclicopters was in the week of June 12-18, 1968, when 37 were sh«d down or otherwise destroyed.I’m pretty sure the rate of loss is no higher now than It has ever been, the spokesman said. We've got more helicopters Hum a year ago nod the enemy has pro(xrtInnately more weajsuis than a year ago.Meanwhile, scattered ground fightrng as reported In the war and U.S. 1152 bombers maintained their pressure on North Vietnamese buildup areas north of Saigon and in (he Central Highlands near Dak To.Seven waves of the giant Slratoforlresses dropped it, o r u than 1,200 tons of bombs In the continuing campaign to harassenemy troops ann prevent them from massing for a major drive..Some of the bombers hit targets 55 miles northwest of Saigon. Others zeroed In on positions 34 miles northeast lt;i S*Hith Vletniim’s capital city.Atiollter wave of It52 attacked enemy base camps near Dak To, 275 miles northeast of Slngon, where fresh Norlli Vietnamese lr(Xps reportedly have infiltrated from Laos und Cambodia.
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Estherville Daily News
Estherville, Iowa, US
Fri, May 23, 1969
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