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Secret CIA Wars And Covert Operations With General Richard Secord And Veterans

A look back at secret CIA wars and covert operations in Vietnam, Laos, and other countries with General Richard Secord. We also take a look at North American T-28 Trojan aircraft. Major General Richard Vernon Secord, Retired (born July 6, 1932), is a United States Air Force officer with a notable career in covert operations. Early in his military service, he was a member of the first U.S. aviation detachment sent to the Vietnam War in August 1961, Operation Farm Gate. Secord left Vietnam in 1965 to attend Air Command and Staff College. Afterward, he returned to Southeast Asia, being detailed to the Central Intelligence Agency for duty in the Secret War in Laos. While in Laos, he was responsible for several notable military actions. One was the Battle of Lima Site 85. Another was the only successful prisoner of war rescue of the Vietnam War. Both of these came about because of his responsibilities for overseeing the operations of the Royal Lao Air Force, Air America, and Raven FACs. After his Southeast Asian service, Secord commanded the 603rd Special Operations Squadron and underwent further advanced military education at the Naval War College. He then served on staff duty in the Department of Defense from June 1972 through September 1975. His next posting returned him to Iran, this time managing all U. S. military assistance to the Iranians. He was involved in the Iran–Contra affair, making $2 million on the arms transactions, and was charged with lying to Congress about it but was acquitted. Secord went into business in the private sector after his retirement from the USAF. Secord served as a flight instructor from 1956 to 1959 at Laredo Air Force Base, and from 1959 to 1961 as an instructor and operations officer at Tinker Air Force Base. During the latter assignment, he was posted to the University of Oklahoma to study for a master's degree in English Literature. While progressing to the point of needing only his thesis to gain his degree, he met and married his wife, Jo Ann. In August 1961 he joined covert operations in what would become the 1st Air Commando Wing, remaining there until 1965. As part of Operation Farm Gate, the wing was the first American aviation unit assigned to Vietnam. Secord flew over 200 combat missions between March 1962 to January 1963, flying AT-28s. One of the Vietnamese pilots he met during this assignment was Nguyen Cao Ky, later the president of Vietnam. Another new acquaintance there was Brigadier General Harry "Heinie" Aderholt. Also during this time, Secord was temporarily assigned to the Imperial Iranian Air Force as an adviser (January to July 1963, January to May 1964, January to March 1965). After graduating from the Air Command and Staff College in 1966, Secord returned to Vietnam as an air operations officer, before being transferred to Thailand's Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base in August 1966. Belatedly promoted to major, he joined Operation Waterpump to train the Royal Lao Air Force. During this time Secord was detailed to the Central Intelligence Agency to serve in the Secret War in Laos. He worked for, and knew, Ted Shackley and Thomas Clines; he worked directly with the CIA officers supplying the Secret War in Laos, James William Lair and Lloyd C. "Pat" Landry. On 7 January 1967, in what is still a heavily classified operation, Secord directed the only successful prisoner of war rescue of the Vietnam War, the Ban Naden raid. A team of the CIA's hill-tribe mercenaries was inserted out of hearing of the POW prison; their surprise raid quickly wiped out about 40 guards. It was then discovered there were about twice as many prisoners as expected. Nevertheless, a scratch force of nine single-piloted Air America H-34 helicopters dropped into the middle of the Hồ Chí Minh Trail and rescued 53 Asian prisoners. This rescue is still used as a case study in CIA training for covert operations. General characteristics (North American T-28D) Crew: 2 Length: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m) Wingspan: 40 ft 1 in (12.22 m) Height: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) Wing area: 268.0 sq ft (24.90 m2) Aspect ratio: 6.0:1 Empty weight: 6,424 lb (2,914 kg) (equipped) Max takeoff weight: 8,500 lb (3,856 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 343 mph (552 km/h, 298 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) Ferry range: 1,060 mi (1,710 km, 920 nmi) Service ceiling: 35,500 ft (10,800 m) Rate of climb: 3,540 ft/min (18.0 m/s) Armament Hardpoints: 6 with a capacity of 1,200 lb (540 kg) total Watch more aircraft, heroes, and their stories, and missions ➤    / @dronescapes   To support/join the channel ➤ https://www.youtube.com/@Dronescapes/... 🎖️🎖️🎖️ IG ➤   / dronescapesvideos   FB ➤   / dronescapesvideos   X/Twitter ➤ https://tinyurl.com/m86k2ypf #aviation #secord #vietnamwar