Operation Barrel Roll was a covert U.S. Air Force 2nd Air Division and U.S. Navy Task Force 77, interdiction and close air support campaign conducted in the Kingdom of Laos between 14 December 1964 and 29 March 1973 concurrent with the Vietnam War. The operation resulted in 260 million bombs being dropped on Laos.
Barrel Roll operational area, 1964
North American T-28Ds in Laos
The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog FAC aircraft was unmarked when flown by Raven Forward Air Controllers.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster FAC aircraft
Task Force 77 (United States Navy)
For decades, Task Force 77 was the aircraft carrier battle/strike force of the United States Seventh Fleet in the United States Navy (USN), a designation lasting from the final year of the Second World War until the disestablishment of the task force in 2000.
Task Force 77 (1965)