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Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Tường Vân, listen ⓘ; 17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005), baptised Caleb, [1] was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore.
Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence provided by Major general Nguyen Chanh Thi , the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) I Corps commander.
Better Man is based on the true story of Van Tuong Nguyen, a 25-year-old Vietnamese-Australian man who was arrested in Singapore, convicted of drug trafficking, sentenced to death in 2004, and subsequently hanged in 2005. The series follows the story of a young man who had a tough but loving upbringing with his twin brother and devoted mother.
Colonel Tomb, also Nguyen Toon (Nguyễn Tuân) or Colonel Toon was a mythical North Vietnam Air Force fighter ace loosely based on a North Vietnamese pilot from the 921st Fighter Regiment named Nguyen Van Coc. [1] Tomb allegedly shot down 13 American aircraft during the Vietnam War.
The being-constructed Phase 1 projection with its associated facilities. Long Thanh International Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: none) is an international airport under construction in Long Thành district, Đồng Nai province, Vietnam, approximately 40 km (25 mi) east of Ho Chi Minh City.
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Passenger on an SC-47 shot down by Pathet Lao while on an intelligence gathering flight, only one passenger was captured by the Pathet Lao and returned following the International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos. The remains of four of the seven missing passengers were recovered in 1991. [4] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] March 23
USAF F-4C Phantom IIs participated in a strike along Route 10 at Bac Son-Binh Gia, and a flight of four MiG-17s that included pilot Nguyen Van Bay were directed by North Vietnamese ground control intercept radar (GCI) to fly at 2,500 meters and 15 km south of Bac Son-Binh Gia; due to the constant shifting of direction of flight by the U.S ...