AP 515(S) - Naval Aviation in Vietnam

OVERVIEW: In Vietnam, there were at least seven different air wars being conducted at the same time. Rather than working together to create a seamless, combined aerial effort, the various services essentially parceled out responsibility for certain aspects of the conflict, with little effort to harmonize. The result was a disjointed, ineffective campaign. This seminar investigates one aspect of the problem, by analyzing the experiences of a naval attack squadron in the final years of the war.