On November 11 , 1968 `` Steel Tiger '' and `` Tiger Hound '' were combined Cause_to_amalgamate and renamed Name_conferral Operation Commando Hunt .

Operation Steel Tiger , Operation Tiger Hound , and Operation Commando Hunt inevitably slowed Change_event_time the flow Motion of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong men and supplies Supply into South Vietnam and required Imposing_obligation them to divert a multitude of assets to keep the Ho Chi Minh Trail in serviceable condition , however airpower was never able to completely close Self_motion the trail during the war Hostile_encounter .

By the end Process_end of 1968 and the absorption Cause_to_amalgamate of `` Tiger Hound '' operations by Operation Commando Hunt , 103,148 tactical air sorties had been flown Motion over Laos .