Inside Blue Chip room guiding Indochina air war
In a dim blue chip room at Tan Son Nhut Air Base Maj. Gen. Alton D. Slay leads a 1000-plane daily bombing effort over North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Officers with telephones and radar stations plan preflight raids two days ahead, detailing routes, targets, and contingencies for dozens of command levels.
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Air Force Flight Test Center
Edwards Air Force Base
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Letter to senator led to firing of AF general
A senator released an Air Force sergeant account alleging falsified reports used to justify unauthorized bombing of North Vietnam. The disclosure led to Gen. John D. Lavelle being relieved as commander of the U S Seventh Air Force in Indochina. Lavelle acknowledged likely exceeding authority and spurring false after action reports.
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Colonel tells of saluting general's duck in Vietnam
New York UPI report profiles retired Lt. Col. Anthony Herbert who says his Vietnam commanding officer Maj. Gen. John Barnes kept a garden duck forced salutes and dog tags. Herbert recalls reporting war crimes, later accused of suppressing charges, and recounts a cause of anger ending in the duck being killed and prepared as sandwiches. He also notes helicopter use for logistics and a pizza chopper救.
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Ousted General Hughes Linked to Falsified Reports
An intelligence sergeant alleged that his unit falsified classified reports on hostilities over North Korea, claiming legitimacy via secure channels from a deputy of operations, 7th Air Force. He questioned legal authorization and noted the President might be unaware, with the letter given to Sen. Stuart Symington and then to Gen. Ryan for investigation.
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North Vietnam
OIC
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Stuart Symington
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Gen. Ryan
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