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Phu Cat AB was the field test site for the six-month combat evaluation of the 1041st USAF Security Police Squadron (Test) from 16 January to 4 July 1967. The 1041st patrolled 26 miles of outer perimeter under Project Safe Side to evaluate the feasibility of developing a USAF Air Base Ground Defense (ABGD) force. Its experiences were a direct ...
Phù Cát Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Phù Cát) (1966–1975) was a United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility used during the Vietnam War (1959–1975). It is located north of the city of Qui Nhơn in southern Vietnam.
Phu Cat Air Base, South Vietnam, 10 May 1966; Detachment 1 Plieku, RVN 1967-Tuy Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, 1 January 1970; Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 15 April 1970; McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 15 September 1973; RAF Wethersfield, England, 8 April 1979 – 31 August 1990; Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, 2 June 1997 ...
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It then moved to Phu Cat Air Base on 1 April 1967. [3] Army units based at Qui Nhơn included: 8th Transportation Company (Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee) (1961–?) [4]: 18 57th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) from March 1963. [4]: 134 A platoon of 498th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) with UH-1D Hueys from October 1965.
On 8/9 March the 41st Regiment, moved from Bồng Sơn to An Son on Highway 19, to secure the line of communication west toward Binh Khê and to protect Phu Cat Air Base. [ 14 ] : 162 On 10 March General Niem reinforced his 42nd Regiment in Binh Khê District with the headquarters and two battalions of the 41st Regiment, but Route 19 was still ...
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On 1 January 1967, the wing was organized and took over Caribou operations. Two squadrons each were located at Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau Air Base, and Phu Cat Air Base, [1] [6] [7] although detachments were maintained at an additional six locations. [b] In December 1967, a Viet Cong mortar attack on Can Tho Airfield damaged two wing C-7s.