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....... UItQJ.s3: c ::::D i completion dates for the reducti ons remained unchanged . 2 for a condensation of the KEYSTONE redeployments. a. ) KEYSTONE EAGLE (Increment I) . n .,(I • T The fi rst redeployment See Figure KEYSTONE EAGLE-- was com .pleted by 31 August i n response to the President's Midway Is l and announcement . The authorized cei1ing* for Department of Defense (DOD) . personnel i n SVN was reduced from 549,500 to 524,500 , The Army lost 15,780 spaces , the Navy 1,022 , and the Marines 8,198 . The Air Force I 16 l ost no spaces, and its cei l i ng remained at 61,951. l i ) that: b. 1I9\~ (U) KEYSTONE CARDINAL (Increment II) . ~~ On 16 September 1969, President Nixon announced "After carefu l consideration . .. , I have decided to reduce the authorized troop cei l ing in Vietnam to 484,000 by December 15 , 11 I This equated to a reducti on in authorized spaces of 40 , 500, but , because the serv i ces were already below their authori zed numbers, . ! • • 17 actual reductlons totaled 33,500 . The reductions by services were: Actual Reduction in Authorized Ceilings Army 14,082 14,082 Navy 412 5,412 Marines 18,465 18,465 USAF 541 2,541 33,500 40,500 I "Authorized spaces J'efeps to the mcu:inwn ceilings imposed on ~he cont'onent services . The actual numbers of service personnel generally ran lot.JeJl than authorized. This distinction between Irspaces and faces" QSSWJlQS some importanc8 in a Later discussion on the USAF debit/credit account . I 13 • -:1)
I I I ...... UNCUS ..l ' j . •'len ~ ~ ' Operation KEYSTONE CARDINAL called for a USAF ceiling reducti on of 2,541. This was accomplished largely by the 18 following actions involving major units: I 1) The previously authorized deployment of two F-4 squadrans to SVN was cancelled. I 2) The C-47 and U-1 0 aircraft of the 5th Special Operations Squadron (50S) at Tuy Hoa Air Base (AS) were transferred to Korea, Thai land, the Continental United States (CONUS), and to the Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF). 3) The 6th 50S was inactivated at 'Pleiku Air' Sase with ~l its A- l aircraft going to the 56th Special Operations Wing i n Thailand. I ,J I 4) The 8th Tactical Bomb Squadron at Phan Rang was inacti vated and its 8-57 aircraft ferried to CONUS for storage. Reducing the cei ling by 2,541 left USAF with 59,410 authorized spaces i n SVN. The actual number of USAF personnel in-country at the end of 19 1969 was 58,422. ' ----- .. --- ---- _. . . --', c. ~(~ '"P~i"'HU) KEYSTONE SLUEJAY (Increment, Ill). 1111< 9 The third i ncrement was announced on 15 December 1969. Althoug h disappointed with the stalemate in Paris and a rise in enemy activity, the President was "evidently satisfied with the overall . J progress in SVN and called for a reduction of 50,000 manpower spaces . J I by 15 April 1970. The third increment reduced the authorized spaces to 434,000 . The A~ was reduced by 29,553 spaces, the Navy by 2,976, 20 the Marines by 2,895, and the Air Force by 5,576. Major units affected by USAF's reduction were: ,- - --- - --- - - 14-' ....... UNCI.. e..S' !'l ED
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