Chapter 1

As General Moore had reported, COMUSMACV passed his request for
additional ARDF coverage to PACOM in Janurary 1966. He told PACOM:

COMUSMACV wanted to increase his ARDF capability from 272 to 2,424 hours or coverage per week. As indicate, the Army had the preponderant ARDF role at this time with 240 hours (15 aircraft) per week, as compared to the USAF contribution of 32 hours (the HAWK EYE aircraft). While COMUSMACV recognized that an attitional 1,168 hours (56 additional Army aircraft) had been either programmed (15 Army aircraft) or scheduled (41 Army aircraft), he advised PACOM that he still would have a deficit of 1,252 required hours of coverage". To solve this, COMUSMACV wanted: