List of Military Operations - Vietnam War

Vietnam War

• Arc Light (1965) — US B-52 bombing campaign in Vietnam
• Attleboro (1966) — U.S. and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) air mobile operations in Tay Ninh.
• Babylift (1975) — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam to the U.S. and other countries
• Barrel Roll (1964–73) Template:Country data Laos (1952-1975) — the bombing of Laos by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained Hmong.
  • Steel Tiger (1965–68)
  • Tiger Hound (1965–68)
  • Commando Hunt (1968–72) — U.S. bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
• Bolo (1967) — Decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature of combat aircraft.
• Chopper (1962) — Major air mobile offensive near Saigon.
• Cedar Falls (1967) — Attack on National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NVA or Viet Cong) positions in Ben Cat (the Iron Triangle)
• Dewey Canyon (1971) — Offensive against NVA communication lines in Laos.
• Enhance Plus (1972) — Resupply of military equipment and consumables to the government of South Vietnam.
• Flaming Dart (1965) — Reprisal bombing attacks by the U.S. Air Force against NVA units.
• Frequent Wind (1975) — Helicopter evacuation of U.S. citizens before the fall of Saigon.
• Game Warden (1965) — first major U.S. riverine patrol operation. Later Swift Boat operations included:
  • Ballistic Charge
  • Beacon Star
  • Beacon Torch
  • Bear Bite
  • Bear Claw
  • Beau Charger
  • Beau Diddley
  • Beaver Cage
  • Bold Mariner
  • Boone
  • Canyon
  • Daring Rebel
  • Deckhouse Five (1967)
  • DeSoto
  • Dragon Fire
  • Fortress Ridge
  • Seahawk
  • Sea Tiger
  • Market Time (1965)
• Hastings (1966) — U.S. and ARVN counter-offensive operations in Quang Tri
• Homecoming (1973) — repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from Vietnam
• Leap Frog (1968) — Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely NLF actions.
• Menu (1969) — U.S. bombing of Cambodia
• Malheur (1967) — Twin phased Search and destroy operations in Quang Ngai
• Pegasus (1968) — Resupply and relief operations to U.S. Marines besieged at Khe Sanh
• Phoenix (1968) — CIA-organized assassination campaign against influential NLF operatives in South Vietnam
• Rich (1968) — Combined arms assault near the Ben Hai River in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
• Linebacker (1972) — Strategic bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong, and mining of Haiphong harbour.
• Ranch Hand (1961–71) — Spraying of herbicides (including Agent Orange) by aircraft and ground forces.
  • Trail Dust
• Rolling Thunder (1967–68) — Bombing of North Vietnam
• Sealords (1968) — Mekong River delta and inland waterways campaign by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam
• Starlight (1965) — United States Marine Corps actions near Chu Lai.
• Sunrise (1962) — Relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around Saigon to "strategic hamlets."
• Tailwind (1970) — Alleged use of nerve gas against U.S. defectors in Laos.
• Toan Thang 42 (1970) — ARVN incursion into Cambodia
• Union I and II (1967) — American Marines in the Que Son Valley.