SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED MUNITIONS AND SORTIE COSTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S02149R000100050032-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 32
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (TS) During the period July-October 1965, 41,103 US and 10,089
VNAF sorties were flown in support of operations in SVN (Tab C). US
combat aircraft losses during this period totaled 24 and are valued at
22 million dollars. The VNAF sustained the loss of 1 aircraft.
2. (TS) The number of sorties flown in October exceeded those
flown in September by 10 percent; however, the cost of the munitions
delivered in October was more than twice the cost of the munitions
delivered in September (Tabs A and B). The primary reason for this cost
difference is attributed to the wide variance in the number of 20mm rounds
reported in the September vs October expenditures. The total cost of 20mm
rounds expended in October was 15.8 million dollars as compared to 4.9
million dollars for September. It is believed that this difference resulted
from a more accurate report of 20mm rounds expended in October.
3. (TS) Sufficient data were not available for estimating valid
sortie costs from January through June and valid munitions cost from
January through August.
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