Air_Force_Special_Operation_Forces_During_The_Indo-China_War

Air Force Special Operation Forces During The Indo-China War Air Force Special Operation Forces during the Indo-China War In the year of 1960, the Laotian government was collapsing, and the powerful and demanding communist forces were invading. A revolutionary war was being fought in Laos and the communist were winning. The Laotian military was fighting guerilla warfare against the communist forces, which was impossible to fight with former tactics. Guerilla warfare is characterized by short, sudden engagements and rapid attacks designed to harass and demoralize the enemy. This guerilla warfare, employed by the communist Pathet Lao and Vietcong forces, was defeating the Laotian military. The United States was not going to lose another country to a communistic government. The United States Air Force felt threatened by the communist wave. Therefore, along with 80, 000 military personnel the United States Air Force sent their elite: highly trained special operations pilots, to destroy the approaching enemy and defend the Laotian natives (Starr iii). By 1961 the United States Air Force’s Special Operations Air commandos were flying missions and helping defeat the ever-present enemy forces. As the Communist wave swept over Southeast Asia, in 1959, the Laotian government began to fade. Using the Truman Doctrine the United States sent financial aid and advisors to air, states, united, haas, force, war, enemy, pilots, communist, forces, commandos, sent, military, laotian, laos, fight, special, roll, operations, help, barrel, teach, operation, one, fly, even, warfare, trained, government, attacks, against, u-10, trainer, trail, possible, missions