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- Project_Waterpump abstract "Project Waterpump (alternately, Operation Waterpump, or simply Waterpump) was a secretive support operation by the U.S. Air Force to train and nurture into existence the Royal Lao Air Force (RLAF). The United States had decided to covertly support the Kingdom of Laos in the Laotian Civil War as the Lao fended off a North Vietnamese invasion. The nascent RLAF was seen as a force multiplier but needed pilots and technicians. The 40-man Detachment 6, 1st Air Commando Wing, code named Waterpump, was forwarded to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base for this training duty in March 1964. They would remain on duty through the truce of 21 February 1973. Their first hasty assignment was transition training to the T-28 Trojan for American civilian pilots; the resulting A Team would exist through 1967. The Air Commandos also conducted final training for Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) mercenary pilots; the resultant B Team would serve until 1970. Besides putting a polish on graduate pilots, the Waterpump detachment trained Lao pilots from scratch. The RLAF's high pilot casualty rate made bringing the RLAF rosters up to strength a long grind.Waterpump grew beyond its original training mission. From 19–29 July 1964, some Air Commandos were smuggled into Laos as an improvised Tactical Air Control Party for Operation Triangle. The success of the endeavor led to a forward air control system being set up for the war's duration. Some Waterpump personnel were later infiltrated into Laos to help staff regional Air Operation Centers. With Waterpump help, by war's end the RLAF had grown from 20 to 75 T-28 strike aircraft; it also operated ten AC-47 gunships and 71 support aircraft.".
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- Project_Waterpump wikiPageRevisionID "700568424".
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- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink 56th_Fighter_Wing.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink 606th_Special_Operations_Squadron.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Air_America_(airline).
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Air_Force_Special_Operations_Air_Warfare_Center.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Air_and_Space_Operations_Center.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Aircraft_ordnance.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Avionics.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Border_Patrol_Police.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Category:Laotian_Civil_War.
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- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Combat_search_and_rescue.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Continental_Air_Services,_Inc.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Douglas_AC-47_Spooky.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Douglas_C-47_Skytrain.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Eglin_Air_Force_Base.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Fall_of_Saigon.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Farm_Gate.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink First_Indochina_War.
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- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Ground_support_equipment.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Ho_Chi_Minh_City.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink James_William_Lair.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink John_F._Kennedy.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Laos.
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- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink North_American_T-28_Trojan.
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- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Triangle.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Palace_Dog.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Programs_Evaluation_Office.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Radio.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Raven_Forward_Air_Controllers.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Requirements_Office.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Robert_McNamara.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Lao_Air_Force.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Lao_Government.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Thai_Air_Force.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Savannakhet.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Sikorsky_H-34.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Sisavang_Vatthana.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Tactical_Air_Control_Party.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Temporary_duty_assignment.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Thao_Ma.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Udorn_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Pacific_Command.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Vang_Pao.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Vientiane_Treaty.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Vietnam_Air_Force.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Vietnam_War.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink Wattay_International_Airport.
- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLink William_H._Sullivan.
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- Project_Waterpump wikiPageWikiLinkText "Project Waterpump".
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- Project_Waterpump subject Category:Laotian_Civil_War.
- Project_Waterpump hypernym Operation.
- Project_Waterpump type MilitaryConflict.
- Project_Waterpump type Thing.
- Project_Waterpump comment "Project Waterpump (alternately, Operation Waterpump, or simply Waterpump) was a secretive support operation by the U.S. Air Force to train and nurture into existence the Royal Lao Air Force (RLAF). The United States had decided to covertly support the Kingdom of Laos in the Laotian Civil War as the Lao fended off a North Vietnamese invasion. The nascent RLAF was seen as a force multiplier but needed pilots and technicians.".
- Project_Waterpump label "Project Waterpump".
- Project_Waterpump seeAlso International_Agreement_on_the_Neutrality_of_Laos.
- Project_Waterpump wasDerivedFrom Project_Waterpump?oldid=700568424.
- Project_Waterpump depiction T-28D.jpg.
- Project_Waterpump isPrimaryTopicOf Project_Waterpump.