The European staging was essentially the Unmasked Tour stage , decorated Filling to resemble Change_sentiment the `` Animalize '' album cover ( amps painted with leopard spots and tiger stripes ) .

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 .

the operation was initiated Process_start by the 2nd air division on 3 april 1965 , continued under the direction of the seventh air force when that headquarters was created Creating on 1 april 1966 , and had a subsidiary operation code-named operation tiger hound .

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 .

unlike operation barrel roll and `` steel tiger , '' however , the bombing Attack in the new area would be conducted Action by aircraft of the republic of vietnam air force and by u.s. air force units based in south vietnam ( aircraft participating Participation in `` barrel roll '' and `` steel tiger '' were generally based in thailand ) .

unlike operation barrel roll and `` steel tiger , '' however , the bombing Attack in the new area would be conducted Action by aircraft of the republic of vietnam air force and by u.s. air force units based in south vietnam ( aircraft participating Participation in `` barrel roll '' and `` steel tiger '' were generally based in thailand ) .

although operation tiger captured Conquering only of territory , it secured the unk road and placed Placing the hv in a position to capture Conquering the rest of southern dalmatia over the following three-and-a-half months .