Operation Frequent Wind

Introduction Strategy Frequent winds are the biggest helicopter evacuation in history. From 1400 hours on April 29, 1975, until the night of April 30, 1975, and lasted about 0800 hours. About 7000 people were rescued, the operation was a great success (Summers 1995). Operation Frequent Wind is the last task before Saigon falls to North Vietnam. Historic Vietnam War was from 1959 to 1975. It is also known as the American War in Vietnam, the Vietnam War, the Second Indochinese War, the American War to Save America (Rosenberg n.d.).

Operation Frequent Wind is the goal of American evacuation and South Vietnamese Vietnam. The US Embassy is planning to perform surgery frequently before the fall of Saigon. The US government recognizes that the collapse of Saigon is inevitable. After the attack on the Tansonnut Air Force Base, the "frequent action" strategy began. The person who wants to evacuate will gather at the DAO complex on the 29th afternoon. Another evacuation place is the American embassy in Saigon. The evacuation site of the embassy was originally only for staff, but it was quickly surprised by the South Vietnamese. (Danum, Marine Corps Association)

The two main evacuation sites chosen for frequent wind power generation projects are the DAO complex of the US and Vietnamese civilian evacuation staff adjacent to Tan Son Nhat Airport and the US Embassy, ​​the Saigon embassy, ​​with 196 evacuations The plan includes 28 buildings. A bus in Saigon was designated as a pickup point, and an American private bus driver stood next to those buildings. The bus follows one of the four planned escape routes from downtown Saigon to the DAO complex. Each route was named after Western Trail. Santa Fe, Oregon, Texas and so on. 38: 178-179

Before the North Vietnamese Army (PAVN) occupied the city during the Saigon fall, the Frequent Wind strategy was the final stage of evacuation of American citizens and "dangerous" Vietnamese people in Saigon in the south of the United States. It took place from 29th to 30th April 1975 on the last day of the Vietnam War. The helicopter evacuated more than 7,000 people from various parts of Saigon. Air transport brought many long-term images. At the US embassy, ​​evacuation plans are standard procedures. In early March, fixed wing aircraft came to evacuate civilians of neighboring countries from Tan Son Nhat airport. By mid-April, an emergency response plan was formulated and the possibility of evacuation by helicopter is prepared. When Saigon is about to collapse, the 76th Task Force is gathering near the coast near VÀngTuu to support the evacuation of helicopters and provide air support as needed.