US airpower vs NVA after 1973

This thread's isnspired by watchin an episode of the CVietnam War documentary series on Nat Geo- after the jan 1973 Pairs Accords were signed & US combat forces withdrawn from RVN, there actually was a plan to bomb the NVA again in the event of a PAVN invasion of RVN- but which, during 1974-75, didn't eventuate due to widespread US disillusionment with the Vietnam commitment and Pres Ford's lack of political will. WI somehow such US airstrikes were still mounted in support of the ARVN during 1973-75, while at the same time the ARVN didn't have their supply of arms so cripplingly reduced by the US ? Could the Saigon regime have still survived with firmer US support ?
 
The Vietnam War is unusual in that the losing South Vietnamese side retained air superiority right up to the end of the war. Unfortunately, the North was able to negate Southern control of the skies by its introduction of the Soviet SA-7 "Strela" missile, supplied in large quantities. Unlike US aircraft, VNAF planes lacked ECM capability and therefore couldn't outfly this heat-seeking missile. The decision to withhold this technology was a political one and helped seal South Vietnam's fate. Another mistake was the denial of the air refueling probes the VNAF wanted. This prevented the South Vietnamese from taking the war beyond the DMZ all the way to the North and forced them into a defensive battle, as their enemy wanted. The inability to provide long-range air support to its troops seriously handicapped the regime in Saigon.
I believe Washington was too concerned about the South violating the Paris Accords, when they should have expected the North to do so first.
In my opinion, US air power wasn't even needed in 1974-1975. Providing the South with the means to wage a more robust air campaign against the North would have been enough to bring an end to the North's "Ho Chi Minh Campaign" and ensure the Saigon government's survival.
 
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