Operation Pony Express

For the American mail service, see Pony Express.
"Operation Pony Express" can also refer to an incident during the Grunwick dispute, and the airlift of film of the coronation of Elizabeth II to Canada
Operation Pony Express
Part of Vietnam War

Helicopters and pilots of the 20th SOS at a helicopter base designated Lima Site 20A, June 1969
Date1965–1969
Location
Across the borders of Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam
Belligerents

 United States

 South Vietnam
 Thailand		  North Vietnam

Operation Pony Express was the covert transportation of, and the provision of aerial support for, indigenous soldiers and material operating across the Laotian and North Vietnamese borders during the Vietnam War.[1][2] It was provided by Sikorsky CH-3C helicopters of the US 20th Helicopter Squadron, the only USAF combat helicopter squadron in Vietnam,[3] which had been transferred there in 1965 and was known as the "Pony Express".[4]

  1. ^ Rosenau p. 18
  2. ^ Dorr p. 54
  3. ^ Dunstan p. 169
  4. ^ Global Security's 20th Special Operations Squadron (20th SOS) retrieved June 6, 2007