For the Australians , a significant advantage was gained Getting through the technological edge that Allied industry had achieved Achieve over the Japanese by this phase of the war , while the Japanese were hampered Hindering by a lack of supplies and reinforcements due to Allied interdiction efforts at sea and in the air .

during the course of the interdiction operation , an air battle Hostile_encounter known as the 18 april `` unk unk '' ( `` palm sunday massacre Killing '' ) took place Process_start , in which the german junkers ju 52 transport fleets suffered Bodily_harm heavy losses Earnings_and_losses over cape bon while evacuating Removing `` heer '' ( german army ) forces Military_operation escaping Escaping from the allied ground offensive Hostile_encounter operation `` vulcan '' .

Combat Skyspot 's command Control guidance of B-52s and tactical fighters and bombers— '' chiefly flown by F-100 's '' —at night and poor weather was used Using for aerial bombing Attack of strategic , close Openness air Expressing_publicly support Supporting , interdiction , and other targets .

operation steel tiger was a covert u.s. 2nd air division , later seventh air force and u.s. navy task force 77 aerial interdiction effort targeted Aiming against the infiltration of people 's army of vietnam ( pavn ) men and material moving Motion south from the democratic republic of vietnam ( drv or north vietnam ) through southeastern laos to support Supporting their military effort in the republic of vietnam ( south vietnam ) during the vietnam war .

operation barrel roll was a covert u.s. air force 2nd air division and u.s. navy task force 77 , interdiction and close air support campaign Military_operation conducted Action in the kingdom of laos between 14 december 1964 and 29 march 1973 concurrent with the vietnam war .

The campaign then centered Action on the interdiction of that logistical system .

operation tiger hound was a covert u.s. 2nd air division , later seventh air force and u.s. navy task force Military_operation 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted Action in southeastern laos from 5 december 1965 till 11 november 1968 , during the vietnam war .

operation `` freedom deal '' was a united states seventh air force interdiction Action and close air support campaign waged in cambodia , a neutral country , between 19 may 1970 and 15 august 1973 , as an expansion Expansion of the vietnam war , as well as the cambodian civil war .