On 17 February heavy rain restricted air operations however an armored infantry task force consisting of the 17th Armored Squadron and 8th Airborne Battalion operating north of A Luoi had been engaging the PAVN killing 36 and capturing 16 AK-47s for the loss of four killed. At midday the task force engaged another PAVN force 4km north of Al Luoi capturing one PT-76, two trucks and three machine guns. On the morning of 18 February the 1st Airborne Battalion conducting a B-52 bomb damage assessment 2km north of LZ Bravo found an abandoned command post of the PAVN 308th Division. At midday U.S. air cavalry forces attacked a PAVN truck convoy 9km west-northwest of A Luoi, while the 2nd Troop, 17th Armored Squadron operating 7km west of A Luoi found and cut a fuel pipeline.