An edition of Last flight from Saigon
(1978)
Last Flight From Saigon
by Thomas G. Tobin
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USAF Southeast Asia monograph series, v. 4, monograph 6.
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1985, Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter Page
Foreword iii
Preface vii
List of Illustrations xii
I. Handwriting on the Wall: Politics, Economics and Logistics, 1973-74 1
II. An Agonizing Three Months: Deterioration, January through March 1975 14
III. History's Largest Aerial Evacuation: Initial Extraction Efforts in Saigon, 1-4 April 1975 20
IV. The Quickening Pace: Fixed-Wing Evacuation Buildup, 5-19 April 1975 32
V. The Flood Tide: Massive Fixed-Wing Airlift Takes Effect, 20-28 April 1975 47
VI. The Last Flights From Saigon: FREQUENT WIND's Helicopter Phase, 20-23 April 1975 74
VII. The Final Drama: Sealift and Individual Flight, 29-30 April 1975 , 113
VIII. The Morning After: A Final Tally 122
Appendix 1: Notes on the Authors 125
VIX. Index 129
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page
1. South Vietnam, April 1975 2
2. Defense Attache Office, Tan Son Nhut AB 3
3. Underwater Communications Cables 4
4. Heavy Equipment Clearing a Helicopter Landing Zone on Tan Son Nhut AB, April 1975 11
5. Deterioration, January-March 1975 15
6. Evacuation Control Center (ECC)— Within the Old MACV Building Later Called the Defense Attache Office 23
7. USAF Aircrewman Changing a Diaper on a Vietnamese Orphan During "Operation Babylift," April 1975 25
8. Evacuation Communications 26
9. Map of Tan Son Nhut AB, Spring, 1975 28
10. Unloading Satellite Receiver From the C-5 That Later Crashed With a Load of Orphans 30
11. The Quickening Pace, 5-19 April 1975 33
12. "Airlift Statistics, 1-20 April 1975" 45
13. Flood Tide, 20-28 April 1975 48
14. Configuration of the Evacuation Processing Center (EPC) 49
15. Refugees Awaiting Processing at the Evacuation Processing Center (EPC) . 51
16 Vietnamese Evacuees Awaiting Processing in the DAO Annex 52
17. Refugees Passing Through the Baggage Check 53
18. Evacuees in the Processing Line, DAO Annex 54
19. Rapid Loading of Passengers on a USAF C-130E at Tan Son Nhut 55
20. Vietnamese Scramble Aboard a C- 130 Over its Rear Ramp, Tan Son Nhut 57
21. Crowded Vietnamese Aboard a USAF C-141 Awaiting Takeoff From Tan Son Nhut 58
22. VNAF Crewmen and Families Disembarking From a Vietnamese C-130A at U Tapao AB, Thailand
23. The Last Flights From Saigon, 29-30 April 1975 75
24. USAF C-130 Hit by Rocket Fire at Tan Son Nhut AB During the Early Hours of 29 April 1975 77
25. VNAF AC- 119 Preparing for Last Ditch Defense of Saigon 83
26. Lt Col Dick Mitchell, USAF— "Only Me?" 86
27. Evacuees Waiting to Board a Helicopter Atop a Saigon Building 89
28. USMC Ground Security Force Disembarks at Saigon 97
29. Evacuation Communication Nets During Final Phases 105
30. The Old MACV HQ (DAO) After its Destruction 107
31. Desperate Vietnamese Outside the US Embassy During the Final Hours 109
32. The Final Drama, 29-30 April 1975 114
33. VNAF F-5 Recovered at U Tapao AB, Thailand, One Seat With Two Pilots, April 29, 1975 1 15
34. VNAF A-ls Recovered at U Tapao AB, Thailand, After Flight From RVN, May 1975 116
35. USAF CH-53 Sets a VNAF F-5 on the Deck of the USS Midway in the Gulf of Thailand, May 1975 116
36. USAF CH-53 Slings a Former VNAF A-37 Aboard the USS Midway Off the Coast of Thailand, May 1 975 117
37. VNAF Helicopter Being Dumped Into the Sea After Discharging Its Escapees 118
38. VNAF O-l Recovered Aboard the USS Midway in the South China Sea,
30 April 1975 119
39. A Final View of the USS Midway 120
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