Operation Commando Hunt

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aerial bombing campaign military operation

Operation Commando Hunt was a major U.S. Air Force bombing campaign during the Vietnam War aimed at disrupting North Vietnamese supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, much of which ran through Laos.

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Commando Hunt canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerial bombing campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
characteristic	conducted largely over neutral Laos ⓘ highly classified at the time ⓘ
codename	Commando Hunt ⓘ
conflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1972-03-31 ⓘ
followed	Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ Operation Steel Tiger ⓘ Operation Steel Tiger ⓘ surface form: Operation Tiger Hound
hasPart	Commando Hunt ⓘ surface form: Commando Hunt I Commando Hunt ⓘ surface form: Commando Hunt II Commando Hunt ⓘ surface form: Commando Hunt III Commando Hunt ⓘ surface form: Commando Hunt IV Commando Hunt ⓘ surface form: Commando Hunt V Commando Hunt ⓘ surface form: Commando Hunt VI Commando Hunt ⓘ surface form: Commando Hunt VII
location	Ho Chi Minh Trail (logistical network named after him) ⓘ surface form: Ho Chi Minh Trail Laos ⓘ Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam South Vietnam ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
objective	disrupt traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail ⓘ interdict North Vietnamese supply routes ⓘ reduce infiltration of troops and materiel into South Vietnam ⓘ
opponent	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ Viet Cong ⓘ
participant	Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Laotian Civil War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ surface form: Second Indochina War
result	caused extensive damage along the Ho Chi Minh Trail ⓘ contributed to heavy U.S. expenditure of air power and munitions ⓘ failed to permanently stop North Vietnamese logistical flow ⓘ
startTime	1968-11-15 ⓘ
uses	Douglas A-1 Skyraider ⓘ surface form: A-1 Skyraider aircraft A-7 Corsair II ⓘ surface form: A-7 Corsair II aircraft AC-130 gunship ⓘ surface form: AC-130 gunships Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ surface form: B-52 Stratofortress bombers F-105 Thunderchief ⓘ surface form: F-105 Thunderchief aircraft McDonnell F-4 Phantom II ⓘ surface form: F-4 Phantom II aircraft aerial bombardment ⓘ close air support aircraft ⓘ electronic surveillance ⓘ sensor-based interdiction ⓘ

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Laotian Civil War → significantEvent → Operation Commando Hunt ⓘ

Ho Chi Minh Trail (logistical network named after him) → targetOf → Operation Commando Hunt ⓘ

subject surface form: Ho Chi Minh Trail

Operation Steel Tiger → successor → Operation Commando Hunt ⓘ