Editing Mayaguez incident (section)

===Locating and stopping ''Mayaguez''===
On the early morning of 13 May, the P-3 Orions identified large [[Radar#Reflection|radar returns]] near Poulo Wai and dropped flares on the suspected location of ''Mayaguez'' provoking Khmer Rouge gunfire. Low on fuel, the two Orions returned to base and were replaced with another Orion from [[VP-17|Patrol Squadron 17]]. At 08:16 local time the Orion made a low pass over Poulo Wai positively identifying ''Mayaguez'' and again drawing Khmer Rouge gunfire.<ref name="Wetterhahn" />{{rp|50–51}}

Shortly afterwards the Khmer Rouge leader, Sa Mean, ordered Captain Miller to get ''Mayaguez'' underway. At 08:45 ''Mayaguez'' set off towards the northeast following one of the Swift Boats.<ref name="Wetterhahn" />{{rp|53}} The Orion continued to track ''Mayaguez'' as it left Poulo Wai. Once the location of ''Mayaguez'' was identified, Admiral Gayler ordered the commander of the [[Seventh Air Force]], [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] John J. Burns, at [[Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base]], to move combat aircraft to the area.<ref name="Wetterhahn" />{{rp|54}}

At 13:00 two unarmed [[United States Air Force]] (USAF) [[General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark|F-111 fighter-bombers]] diverted from a training mission began making low-level high-speed passes by ''Mayaguez''. Once the F-111s had left, Sa Mean ordered Captain Miller to follow the Swift Boats around [[Koh Tang]] and drop anchor approximately 1.5&nbsp;km north of the island.<ref name="Wetterhahn" />{{rp|54–55}} Two [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4 Phantoms]] soon arrived over ''Mayaguez'' and began firing their [[M61 Vulcan|20&nbsp;mm cannon]] into the water in front of the ship. The F-4s were followed by [[LTV A-7 Corsair II|A-7D Corsairs]] and more F-111s which continued to fire into the sea in front of and behind the ship indicating that no further movement should be attempted.<ref name="Wetterhahn" />{{rp|55–56}}<ref name="Lavalle">{{cite book|last=Lavalle|first=A|title=USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume III, Fourteen Hours at Koh Tang|publisher=Office of Air Force History|year=1985|url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/13/2001330009/-1/-1/0/AFD-101013-043.pdf|isbn=0912799285|access-date=2019-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305014404/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Oct/13/2001330009/-1/-1/0/AFD-101013-043.pdf|archive-date=2017-03-05|url-status=live}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>{{rp|95}}

At 16:15, the Khmer Rouge ordered ''Mayaguez''{{'}}s crew onto two fishing boats which then took them closer to the shore of Koh Tang.<ref name="Wetterhahn" />{{rp|56–58}}