Work to develop a scenario looking at F-111 Operations.
In late September 1972 two squadrons of F-111 had arrived at Takhli Airbase in Thailand. Following training missions and orientation the crews were gradually given more missions over NVN. In the middle of October, the 474th TFW began scheduling 24 combat sorties per night primarily in Route Pack 6 with an occasional sorties in Route Pack 5. During the week of 14-20 Oct 72, the tempo of enemy reaction to F-111 strike sorties stepped up to indicate an increase in awareness of the presence of F-111 aircraft.
On the night of 14/15 October there were 13 strikes recorded into RP6A with another 3 sorties suffering an Air Abort. For just over 8 hours the targets reported as struck were:
Hoa Lac Airfield 2035
Dac Duc Petroleum Pumping Station 1427
Thai Nguyen RR Repair Yard 0728
Vu Cha RR Bridge 0918
Vinh Yen Ammo Storage 1232
Bac Giang TPP 1421
Viet Tri RR Yard 1337
Phuc Yen Aircraft Dispersal area 1329
Qua Chau Barracks (Thai Nguyen) 0628
Dong Thon RR Siding 1528
Kep POL Installation 0919
Trai Hop Military Barracks 0429
Lang Lau RR Bridge 0626
