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GENERAL JOHNSON GENERAL MCCONNELL ADMIRAL MOORER

SUBJECT: SINGLE MANAGEMENT OF FIGHTERIBOMBER RECONNAISSANCE ASSETS (U)

REFERENCES~ CA) CMC MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN, JCS ._ DTD 21 FEBRUARY 1968

(B) CHAIRMAN, JCS MEMORANDUM 3 064~6.8 OF 28 FEBRUARY 1968

(C) CINCPAC MESSAGE 030735Z MAR 68 (D' JCS 2343/767 OF 10 FEBRUARY 1966

10 REFERENCE CAl, CO~Y ATTACHED, INDICATED MY CONCERN OVER THE SEVERAL PROPOSALS BY GENERAL WESTMORELAND FOR ASSIGNING

~AGE TWO RUCIHOA0588 TOP SEC RET SPECAT EXCLUSIVE (MCEO) CONTROL OF FIGHTER/BOMBER/RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT OF THE FIRST MARINE WING TO HIS DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR AIR~ I REQUESTED THAT THE CHAIRMAN DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH GENERAL WESTMORELAND DURING HIS SEA TRI~Q 2& FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENTIRE MATTER IS THE NATURE OF THE MARINE CORPS AIR=GROUND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREQ A CAREFUL BALANCE HAS BEEN STRUCK IN THE NUMBERS AND TYPES OF THE VARIOUS SUPPORTING ARMS TO ENABLE THE MARINE COMMANDER TO EFFECTIVELY FIGHT HIS FORCEo AIR SUPPORT, IN PARTICULAR, MUST BE IMMEDIATELY RESPONSIVE TO THE MARINE GROUND COMMANDERQ MARINE COMBAT STRUCTURE IS ACCORDINGLY CHARACTERIZED BY DELIBERATELY BUILT IN ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, COMPATIBLE COMMUNICATIONS, AND OPERATIONAL ~ROCEDURES AT EVERY LEVEL TO INTEGRATE AIR SUPPORT WITH THE FIRE AND MANEUVER OF GROUND UNITSQ BECAUSE OF THE DELIBERATELY DESIGNED INTEGRATION OF AIft INTO THE MARINE COMBAT FORMATIONS~ AND DE~ENDENCE UPON ITS IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY, MAftINE FIGHTER/BOMBEft/RECONNAISSANCE AI~CRAFT @ MUST REMAIN UNDER OPEftATIONAL CONTftOL OF THE MAl!! INE AIR= "\ '1 . GROUND TEAM COMMANDER TO EFFECTIVELY FILL THEIR ROLESo IN ~.

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PAGE FOU~ RUCIHOA0588 T 0 ]It SEC RET SPECAT EXCLUSIVE (MCEO) AIR ASSETS"' 0 HOWEVER ~ IN COMUSMACV MESSAGE 180009Z JAN 68, HE STATED: WI AM PROPOSING TO GIVE MY DEPUTY FOR AIR OPERATIONAL CONTftOL OF THE 1ST MARINE AIR WING LESS THE HELICOPTERS"" FURTHER@ IN COMUSMACV 191239Z FEB 68, HE STATED: 001 HAVE DI~ECTED THAT GENERAL MOMYER DEVELO]lt A PLAN THAT WILL GIVE HIM CONTROL OF THE (MARINE) AIR ASSETS, LESS HELICOPTERS AND TRANSPORT AI~CRAFT, AND AT THE SAME TIME ~~OVIDE FOR MARINE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE DIRECT SUPPORT TO THEIR DEPLOYED GROUND FORCESooo FINALLY~ THE PROPOSED MACV ~AN FO~ SINGLE MANAGEMENT OF FIGHTEft BOMBER AND RECONNAISSANCE ASSETS DIRECTS THE CG ~ III MAF TO "MAKE AVAILABLE TO MY DEPUTY COMMANDER FOR AI~ O~ERATIONS THE FOLLOWING AIR ASSETS FOR MISSION DIRECTION: Ao STRIKE AIRCRAFTo 80 RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFTc Co TRACTICAL AIR CONTROL SYSTEM AS REQUIREDo MY DEPUTY COMMANDE~ FOft AI~ OPERATIONS WILL BE REPONSIBLE FOR FRAGGING AND OPERATION DI~ECTION OF THESE AIR ~SSETSo.oooQ 50 BY REFERENCE C~ CINCPAC HAS INDICATED THAT HE GENERALLY CONCU~S WITH GENERAL WESTMORELAND"S PftO~OSAL EXCEPT THAT CINCPAC CHANGES WILL FROVIDE FOR SCRAM8LE AUTHORITY AT THE I DASC LEVELe CMC o ~4~~56Z/MAR 68

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"AGE FIVE JWCIHOA0588 TO" SEC ft E T SPECAT EXCLUSIVE (MCEO) 60 I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE FftO~ THE FOftEGOING THAT~ IftftESPECTIVE OF THE VARIOUS OftGANIZATIONAL FORMATS AND TEftMS OF ftEFEftENCE, TME NET EFFECTOFTH£ SUM OF GENERAL WEST MOJlEU1ND oS PftOP'OSALS IS TO REMOVE MAftINE FIGHTEftlBOMBEftuuRECONNAISSANCE ASSETS FftOM BEING DlftECTLY ftESPONSIVE TO CG~ III MAFo AND FOft THE REASONS GIVEN, I CANNOT CONCUft IN SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT o

7o:0N i0 FEBftUAfty i966~ THE JCS APPROVED BE ftEFEftENCE (D) THE PRESENT COMMAND AftRANGEMENT OF THE III MAF IN ftVN AS A SEPAftATE UNI=SEftVICE COMMANDo SPECIFICALLY THE .JCS APJlftOVED THAT: WIll MAr WITH ASSIGNED UNITS BE DESIGNATED A SEPARATE UNI=SEftVICE COMMAND DIRECTLY SUeORDINATE TO COMUSMACV; THAT III MAr CONTINUE TO BE ASSIGNED IN THE SERVICE CHAIN OF COMMAND UNDER THE COMMAND~ LESS OP'ERATIONAL CONTftOL~ OF CG FMF~AC; AND THAt III MAF BE UNDEft THE O~EftATIONAL CONTftOL OF COMUSMACV 0

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RECONNAISSANCE ASSETS IN RVN AND SHARll"S RESPONSE ... ' .

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"p':. " -:' ,: '. '.' . . " '.2 •. ' {S}In accoidance with lTlY h1.structions., General N10ntyer v-isited · l1l MAF on 20 Fe b'ruary 1968 and briefed Lieutenant General CusluUan ,'on his plan'for control CI.nd'coordination of the air ~:ssets in the First : Corps Tactical Zone~ les s helicopters and transport 'aircraft., A follow­

N.'up briefing was conducted by members ,M Gelleral Momyer's sta~f on 22 -j' February 1968 to brief in greater detail the arrangements for control and -'coordination of air ass et5~ as ·they pertain to the establishment of Pro­

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'Corps area J the concentration of air e,f~ort i~' support olall ground for-: ces being deployedJ and the overriding requirement to maintain. the flexi­.' bility to concentrate this effort as directed by the enemy threat, I have . . ,.concluded that it is of paramount importance to achieve a single manage r . for control of tactica:l. air resources. Consequently,! have decided to : charge my Deputy' COInl11:ander for A.ir Opev.tions with the responsibility 1101; coordinating and directing the air effort throughout Vietnam, to in-I elude I Corps and the extended battle area.~ He is :r:espons ible for ,5 eebg

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t., _ Marine aircraft will be ,fragged through the appropriate DAS.C. to support '. '" t' , .: "Ma~i.!ie g't"q'und units'.· :1'1 ··tp.e·i9iningO toge'ther .of the two tacti~.a~ air contr91' ~. E "~~~~ysfems-tC~'in;:;~:~~nt~:'it~~f ~~-;t~;r;t;.t;~~p;~a·tio~i,the i'nt~~~ibt~::~-'I

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cit .will be· acc~;nplished through TACC (Saig~n): .. This agency v.ilf: . (

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~.' Issue "dailyJrag'o'rciers [or pre-:-planned missions based on ' •

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\'equiremen~'s" p~ovi~ed by j..L~~V TA~E.,', ; ~ ~,'~" ' ,

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. , . c'. Contr'ol air defense ooerations thro~gh th~ 7A1: TACC and

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J'f~l ',d~ .. C,ontr,?l s.earch ~nd re~cu~ op.eratio~s through the ~oint Search

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:i(land Rescue Center (JSARC) and Regional Control Center at Da Nang.

~"~J e, 'Co,,;trolall ~cramble5 ;x~ept tor emergency scrambles, W~Cb , P·"·)may be ordered b'y I DASC and DASC B for air units located in I CTZ.

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, .,;i6. 'lI)ASC Will be jointly man..'1ed by AF, VNAF and 1st 'MAW personnd /' ,':1- .. • .. - • '.' .. • .. •

1':"'1 • N :,.:k,ian'd is designa~ed as th~ prima:-y d~~ect, a~'r suppo:--~ cer:ter (DA:SC) fo= ...

'i' ..' . .' .' -' .,- -.' , ..•. ·:.;~;{support' of CG m :MAF. He ~1l e~erci'se' div~rt authority' over ;11

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H::'pr~e-fllanned missi.on.s assi~ned to I C,o·rps. A: jointly man.r~ed' DASC

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l'jBravo will be~esta.b1ished and de~ignated a; c'- sUbordinate' DASC to provide

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i,pre-planned missions as?i6ned to P,ro,risior:al Corps Bra,,~o. :At levels'

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andc~ordinatio~ aCTe~cie~ willf~ction in the normal n;;nner. o . ~ . .

Jtj. The.chart on page -'Sa shows the ~urrent organization ~£ lCo~p:. _ . ..' . '~. . -

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. 1: 'P~e-plann~d reque sts originate' at the lower'levels of conunand's . .. .' . - -.. . .. . , . .. ,

L'·'·hc/·C.' cOIl1ln~ncing at Battalion level for. US organizations and at Province

level for ARVN tor~es •. Requests are sent up the chai.n of'cbmm:?.nd

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wi'th e~~h le'yd ~on~o1idati~gthe requests and est~b1ishing priorities '. , ... . . ~

·as depicted upon the attache~ chart.' (See Chart pg 5) . . .

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2 •. In 'the case of Provi~ional C,orps B the -equests would be consolidated

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~thin the Co.rp? --;ras.,ticc>.l Operations'Cente'r {CTOC'} and sent fo"rward to

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the CG III 11AE'1 I ARVN Corp~ CTOC for overall consolidation and the , . .

establish..-rnent cif priorities ror th.e entire·1 C:T-Z. The requests are ,then

submitted to the rvfACV Tactical Air Suppa l:t Element (TASE) for the

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of strikes. Within th~ TASE would be Marine , \.:.

who would par't~cipate in overall planning and specifi:-.. '" .. r

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cally monitor the requests that originated fro:n ~[arine units . .. - - . . .

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o them. to the T~ctical Air Control C.enter (TACC). who would assign ... . . ~.~-~~ ~; ~.. ... •• :fl."$-" ..

· the targets to- appropriate units, e.stablish ordnance load s. a.fld time .. .. .. ... - .

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. ' .. " ticipate in the establishm.ent of the Daily Frc.g Order, Within the TACC

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~its; .~~e. distributlo·n of ~he',:p~'i1y -Fra·g. Or"der ip co .. :er~d-i~ "Pa.rt ·ill.' . ... - ... .":.. ~ .-' .. ~- --.... ~,,~, .. _. ". '. --:-.. -. ,', :/ .: ....... .

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1. The '~a~ly frag'order "T,il) be prepar~d by the TACG. The frag . . .,- .-.

· ~r!1e.r Wl.·U contain Worm. ation On control a~enciesl t"' t _ lIDIng. al:gets.,

· c:a~ signs ~nd ordnance and any pertinent instructions pertain~g to

mission accom1:)!ishme:nt. "Marine officers ... ...,i1l be assigned' fo the TACe

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