Palace Dog was a United States Air Force covert operation to support the Royal Laotian Government in its military operations during the Laotian Civil War portion of the Vietnam War. It, in tandem with the Raven FACs was partially—in fact, largely—responsible for Laos becoming the most heavily bombed country in the history of the world. Palace Dog, Project 404, and the Raven FACS principal task was the supply of forward air controllers for close air support to the CIA's Clandestine Army.
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