Operation Commando Hunt

Operation Commando Hunt
Part of the Vietnam War

Targets: (top) loaded PAVN trucks, (mid) POL storage area, (bot) open supply storage area
Date15 November 1968 – 29 March 1972
Location
Southeastern Laos
Result Strategic US failure
Belligerents
United States,
South Vietnam
Thailand
Kingdom of Laos Laos
North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
North Vietnam Đồng Sĩ Nguyên

Operation Commando Hunt was a covert U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. The operation began on 15 November 1968 and ended on 29 March 1972. The objective of the campaign was to prevent the transit of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) personnel and supplies on the logistical corridor known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail (the Truong Son Road to the North Vietnamese) that ran from southwestern North Vietnam through the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos and into South Vietnam.