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<p>The air war in South Vietnam gave birth to the Joint Close Air Support Tactics Techniques and Procedures (JCAS TTP) in use today. For example the command and control structure codified during the war mirrors the current Theater Air-Ground System (TAGS). Moreover the current CAS Check-in 9-line and situation update briefs are nearly identical to the ones used by Raven Sidewinder Misty and Stormy FACs. The tactics employed in Vietnam are still in use today: wheel tactics racetrack patterns mark placement flareship and gunship operations are familiar to the reader. Additionally the present dilemma of a non-contiguous non-linear battlespace plagued airspace and fire support planners in Vietnam. Their solution foreshadows current Kill Box procedures as well as the Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance (SCAR) mission. Unfortunately many of the air-ground operations lessons learned during the conflict were placed in the same category of much of the war itself: a memory best forgotten.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>