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In message , Kevin Brooks
writes "Paul J. Adam" wrote in message ... Teaball's info was radioed to a relay aircraft, codenamed Luzon (usually a KC-135), but the radios on Luzon were flaky and prone to interference and _that_ was the reliability problem. Also, there was a complex structure of "who controlled what units when" which varied by mission and depended on "whose radios were working": Red Crown, Disco, College Eye and Teaball all could be in charge at different times in a mission. Sometimes it seems a miracle any of the pilots involved survived. Based upon a quick perusal, it appears what you are presenting is true, but not the "whole truth", so to speak. The EC-121's apparently were indeed performing at least some of the same kind work in support of the inbound/outbound fighters--FAS mentions that the EC's of the 193rd TEWS (PaANG) apparently did also have some interception gear onboard, and another source indicates linguists were indeed included in the crew loads when the EC's were operating over SEA. Quoting Michel directly, "There was considerable SIGINT and other information about the MiGs available from a variety of sources, but this information was jealously guarded by the American agencies that collected it: just because American aircrews were being shot down for lack of this information they saw no reason to release it." Teaball was established at Nakhom Phanom in late July 1972 to co-ordinate the reception, analysis and dissemination of that information. Direct dissemination just didn't seem to happen, at least according to Michel. -- When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. W S Churchill Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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