CLEMENT, Richard B. (Major)

Call No.: K239.0512-254

IRIS No.: 00904156

IRIS Tape No.: 00904157 & 00904158

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: 139pp/2:57

Class: U

Date/Location: 1 April 1970/Maxwell AFB AL

Interviewers: Major James Hare

Source: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1964-1968) Assigned 1. 421st Refueling Squadron, 2. Command Center, HQ Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), 3. Seventh Air Force (AF), Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam; discusses mission, responsibilities, and procedures of Blue Chip and its relationship with Task Force Alpha, Seventh/Thirteenth AF Tactical Control Center (TACC) and Airborne Battle-field Command and Control Center; Rivet Top/College Eye coverage of Southeast Asia (SEA) with airborne early warning and advisory vehicles; Barrel Roll requests; last minute changes in fragmentary orders; sortie and bomb damage assessment accounting; changeover to single management of air; control of Arc Light, B-52 operations; Tiny Tim support for B-52 in high threat areas; search and rescue operations; availability of alert aircraft for Blue Chip; reconnaissance as key issue of war; command and control manning and responsibility; munitions capability of aircraft.