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The '''Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operations''' (CHECO), was a series of historical documents created by the [[United States Air Force]] History Office from 1964 through 1979, about operations in Southeast Asia, during the [[Vietnam War]]. The series produced over 200 reports – many have been declassified in the early 1990s.
==History==
Project CHECO was an Air Force effort to document aerial operations in [[Southeast Asia]], with emphasis on new forces, tactics and techniques, materials, and methods. The project was established by the [[Air Staff (United States)|Air Staff]] in June 1962, at the request of Lieutenant General [[Thomas S. Moorman]], the vice commander of [[Pacific Air Forces]].{{sfn | Hoadley | 2013 | pp=13-14}} It was under the command of Headquarters Pacific Forces and the [[2nd Air Division]];{{sfn | Hoadley | 2013 | p=14}} which was redesignated [[7th Air Force]] in April 1966.{{sfn | Hoadley | 2013 | p=24}}<!--add when reference is added<ref>[ ]</ref>--> Over the course of 15 years, over 250 reports were established on topics that included command arrangements, training, air base defense, special operations, conventional air operations, and many others.<ref name="airforcehistory_checo">{{cite web |url=https://airforcehistory.net/checo.html |title=CHECO Reports: Project CHECO Southeast Asia Report |website=Air Force History |publisher=United States Air Force |access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>
==List of reports==
{|class="wikitable"
|+Reports
!Number of Reports
!Pages
!Title
!Date
|-
|
| 230
| The War in Vietnam 1966
| 23 October 1967
|-
| 179
| 97
|Attack on Cam Ranh
| 25 August 1971
|-
|
| 157
| Khe Sanh (Operation: Niagara)
| 22 January - 31 March 1968
|-
|
| 183
| Igloo White
| January 1970 - September 1971
|-
| 196
| 129
| Base Defense in Thailand
| 18 February 1973
|-
|
| 74
| Tactical Data Systems Interface (U)
| 1 January 1975
|-
| 204
| 62
| Guided Bomb Operations in Southeast Asia: The Weather Dimension
| 1 February - 31 December 1972
|-
|
| 62
| Linebacker Operations
| 31 December 1978
|-
|
| 224
| The Royal Thai Air Force
| 3 December 1971
|}<ref name=“DTIC”>{{cite web |url=https://discover.dtic.mil/results/?q=Project+Checo#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=Project%20Checo&gsc.page=1 |title=Project CHECO Search Results |website=Defense Technical Information Center |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>
==List of USAF Search and Rescue reports==
{|class="wikitable"
|+Reports
!Pages
!Title
!Date
|-
| 91
| Evasion and Escape, SEA
| 1964 - 1971
|-
| 118
| USAF Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia
| 1961 - 24 Oct 1966
|-
| 53
| USAF Search and Rescue
| July 1966 - November 1967
|-
| 101
| The USAF Helicopter in Sea
| 4 December 1968
|-
| 117
| USAF Search and Rescue
| November 1967 - June 1969
|-
| 167
| USAF Search & Rescue in Southeast Asia
| 1 July 1969 - 30 December 1970
|-
| 88
| Search and Rescue Operations in SEA
| 1 April 1972 - 30 June 1973
|}<ref name=“DTIC”/>
==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{Cite thesis |last=Hoadley |first=Daniel S. |date=June 2013 |title=What Just Happened? A Historical Evaluation Of Project CHECO |publisher=[[Air University (United States Air Force)|Air University]] |publication-place=[[Maxwell Air Force Base]], [[Alabama]] |url=https://airforcehistory.net/docs/00_00_00_WHAT_JUST_HAPPENED_AASS_THESIS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716064533/https://airforcehistory.net/docs/00_00_00_WHAT_JUST_HAPPENED_AASS_THESIS.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-16 |access-date=2024-07-15}}
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