Dixie Station was a geographic position in the South China Sea off the Mekong Delta from which United States Navy aircraft carriers launched strikes providing close air support for US and ARVN ground troops in South Vietnam. The South China Sea is a Marginal sea south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the The Mekong Delta (đồng bằng sông Cửu Long “Nine Dragon river delta” is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with In Military tactics, close air support ( CAS) is defined as air action by fixed or rotary winged aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to The Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam [1]
Dixie Station was established May 15, 1965 as a single-carrier counterpart to the multi-carrier Yankee Station, which was located further north near the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and was responsible for strikes on North Vietnamese targets. Yankee Station was a point in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam used by the U The Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnamese: Vịnh Bắc Bộ or in Chinese: Beibu Wan is an arm of the South China Sea. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam Targets for Yankee Station strikes were personally selected (sometimes months in advance) by President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, resulting in notoriously restrictive rules of engagement. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States Secretary of Defense ( SECDEF) is the head of the U Robert Strange McNamara (born June 9 1916 in Oakland, California) is an American business executive and former United States Secretary of Defense In Military or Police operations the rules of engagement ( ROE) determine when where and how force shall be used (for example a submarine of In contrast, Dixie Station missions were carried out in response to requests for close air support by friendly ground forces engaging enemy guerrillas in South Vietnam. In Military tactics, close air support ( CAS) is defined as air action by fixed or rotary winged aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to The strike forces were usually vectored on to their target in real time by a ground-based forward air controller. A forward air controller (FAC is a qualified individual who from a forward position on the ground or in the air directs the action of Military aircraft engaged
The name Dixie was chosen to match that of the phonetic alphabet designated Yankee, resulting in a pun relating to the traditional slang terms for the Northern United States and Southern United States (with Yankee bombing the North, and Dixie the South). The Northern United States is a large geographic region of the United States of America. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive
Carriers continued rotating on station at Dixie flying in support of friendly forces until August 3, 1966.
References
- ^ 'Carriers: Airpower at Sea', van Beverhoudt Jr, Arnold E. , http://www.sandcastlevi.com/sea/carriers/cvchap3c.htm Chp. 3
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