List of military operations
Ranch Hand (1961–71)  —  Spraying of herbicides (including Agent Orange) by aircraft and ground forces.
Trail Dust
Rolling Thunder (1967–68)   — Bombing of North Vietnam
Sealords (1968)   — Mekong Delta and inland waterways campaign by the U.S. Navy in Vietnam
Starlite (1965)  — United States Marine Corps actions near Chu Lai.
Sunrise (1962)  — Relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around Saigon to "strategic hamlets."
Tailwind (1970)  — Alleged use of nerve gas against U.S. defectors in Laos.
Toan Thang 42 (1970)  — ARVN incursion into Cambodia
Union I and II (1967)  — American Marines in the Quế Sơn Valley.

March–April 1958: Operation Booster Shot, nationwide
22 January 1959 – 19 April 1961: Project Hotfoot (Laos), nationwide
December 1958: North Vietnamese invasion of Laos, in Military Region 3 (MR 3)
25 December 1959: 1960 Laotian coups, in Military Region 5 (M5)
10 August 1960: 1960 Laotian coups, in MR 5
13–16 December 1960: Battle of Vientiane, in MR 5
17 January 1961 – 30 September 1974: Operation Momentum, in Military Region 2 (MR 2)
31 January – 6 June 1961: Battle of Ban Pa Dong, in Military Region 1 (MR 1)
13 March – August 1961: Operation Millpond, nationwide, (cancelled)
13 December 1961 – 10 September 1962: Operation Pincushion, in Military Region 4 (MR 4)
January – 5 May 1962: Battle of Luang Namtha, in MR 1
25 May 1963: Chinese Road in MR 1
Summer 1963 – 1972: Operation Hardnose, in MR 3 and MR 4
November 1963 – January 1964: Battle of Lak Sao, in MR 3
Late 1963 – mid-1967: Wapi Project, in MR 4
18 April 1964: 1964 Laotian coups, in MR 5
19–29 July 1964: Operation Triangle, in MR1, MR2, and MR 5
19 July 1964 – March 1973: Unity (military operation), in MR 2 and MR 4
4 August 1964: 1964 Laotian coups, in MR 5
14 December 1964 – 22 February 1973: Operation Barrel Roll, in MR 2
31 January 1965: 1965 Laotian coups, in MR 5
3 April 1965 –11 November 1968: Operation Steel Tiger in MR 3 and MR 4
Late 1965: Operation Star (Laos), in MR 3
5 December 1965 – end of 1968: Operation Tiger Hound in MR 3 and MR 4
17 February 1966: Battles of Nakhang, in MR 2
23 May 1966: Second Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2
August 1966 – January 1968: Battle of Nam Bac, in MR 1
21 October 1966: 1966 Laotian coup, in MR 5
6 January 1967: Third Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2
9 January 1967: Ban Naden raid, in MR 3
29 July – 1 August 1967: 1967 Opium War, on Burmese border of MR 1
23 January 1968: Battle of Ban Houei Sane, in MR 3
10–11 March 1968: Battle of Lima Site 85, in MR 2
26 November 1968 – 7 January 1969: Operation Pigfat, in MR 2
28 February 1969: Fourth Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2
17 March – 7 April 1969: Operation Raindance, in MR2
12 March 1969: Battles of Bouamlong, in MR 2
18–27 June 1969: Campaign Toan Thang, in MR 2
21–26 June 1969: Operation Left Jab in MR 4
1–15 July 1969: Operation Off Balance, in MR 2
28 July – 17 October 1969: Operation Junction City Jr., in MR 3
6 August – 30 September 1969: Kou Kiet, in MR 2
13 September 1969 – 25 April 1970: Campaign 139, in MR 2
20 September 1969 – 9 March 1970: Operation Diamond Arrow, in MR 4
15 November 1968 – 29 March 1969: Operation Commando Hunt, in MR 3 and MR 4
2–26 July 1970: Operation Maeng Da, in MR 3
31 August – mid-December 1970: Operation Honorable Dragon, in MR 4
11–13 September 1970: Operation Tailwind, in MR 4
26 September 1970 – 7 January 1971: Operation Counterpunch, in MR 2
19 October – 13 November 1970: Tchepone Operation, in MR 3
1 January – May 1971: Project Copper, in MR 4
5 January – 11 February 1971: Operation Silver Buckle, in MR 3
2 February – late May 1971: Campaign 74B, in MR 2
8 February – 25 March 1971: Operation Lam Son 719, in MR 4
16 February – 29 March 1971: Operation Desert Rat, in MR 3
2 April – 20 August 1971: Operation Phalat, along Thai border of MR 1
7 April – 27 June 1971: Operation Xieng Dong, in MR 1
15 May – late September 1971: Operation Phoutah, in MR 3
9–11 June 1971: Operation Phiboonpol, in MR 4
27 July – 31 October 1971: Operation Sayasila, in MR 4
5 August – 25 September 1971: Phou Khao Kham, in MR 5
September 1971: Operation Sourisak Montry, along Thai border of MR 1
1–9 November 1971: Operation Bedrock (Laos), in MR 4
1 November – 23 December 1971: Operation Thao La, in MR 4
17 December 1971 – 30 January 1972: Campaign Z, in MR 2
30 December 1971 – 16 March 1972: Operation Maharat, in MR 1 and MR 5
1 February – 17 March 1972, Operation Strength I, in MR 2
11 February – ca. 31 March 1972, Operation Sinsay in MR 4
6–30 March 1972: Operation Strength II, in MR 2
1–27 April 1972: Operation Fa Ngum, in MR 4
June 1972: Operation Sourisak Montry VIII, along Thai border of MR 1
15 June – 19 October 1972: Operation Black Lion, in MR 4
26 July – 27 September 1972: Operation Phou Phiang II, in MR 2
18 October 1972 – 22 February 1973: Operation Black Lion III, in MR 4
28 October – 27 December 1972: Campaign 972, on the MR2/MR 3 boundary
21 November 1972 – 22 February 1973: Operation Black Lion V, in MR 4
7 December 1972 – early May 1973: The Vinh wiretap
6 January – 5 February 1973: Operation Maharat II, in MR 5
18 January – March 1973: Operation Phou Phiang III, in MR 2
20 August 1973: 1973 Laotian coup, in MR 5

Post–Cold War: 

Asia: Safed Sager (1999)  — Indian Air Force operations in the Kargil War.
Operation Swift Retort (2019)  — Pakistan Air Force retaliatory air operation during the 2019 conflict with India.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Vadamarachchi Operation (1997)  — military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan military
Operation Riviresa (1995)  — operation launched by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces to capture the Jaffna Peninsula.
Operation Jayasikurui (1997–1999)  —
2008–2009 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive (2008–2009)  — Final major operation of the country's 25-year-old civil war.
Jaffna University Helidrop (1987)  — First of the operations launched by the Indian forces (IPKF) aimed at disarming the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by force and securing the town of Jaffna.