Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Tan Son Nhut Air Base was the Headquarters of the RVNAF. It was also the headquarters of the RVNAF 5th Air Division. Vietnamese Air Force Unit Emblems at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. 33d Tactical Wing. 314th Special Air Missions SquadronVC-47, U-17, UH-1, DC-6B; 716th Reconnaissance Squadron R/EC-47, U-6A; 718th Reconnaissance Squadron EC-47
A Viet Cong (VC) attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base occurred during the early hours of 4 December 1966, during the Vietnam War. Tan Son Nhut Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ground
The attacks on Tan Son Nhut and at Bien Hoa Air Base slowly led to an improvement in air base defense across South Vietnam, with improved bunkers and heavier defensive armament including 0.50 cal machine guns, M67 recoilless rifles and M29 mortars and, at Tan Son Nhut, two truck-mounted M45 Quadmounts.
The attack on the Joint General Staff (JGS) Compound, the headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968. The JGS was located east of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The attack by Vietcong (VC) forces was one of several major attacks on Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive. The attack ...
Spc. 5 Dwight W. Birdwell distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division, in the Republic of Vietnam on Jan. 31, 1968. On this date, a large enemy element initiated an assault on the Tan Son Nhut Airbase near Saigon.
On 29 April 1975 the People's Army of Vietnam 10th Division attacked the center as it moved down Highway 1 to attack Tan Son Nhut Air Base. [5] After the Fall of Saigon, the center was used as a re-education camp for South Vietnamese military and government personnel.
English: View of the flight line and the control tower at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, in 1964. Visible aircraft are: the noses of two U.S. Air Force McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo from the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, six Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, probably of the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron,
The Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base occurred on 28 April 1975, just two days before the Fall of Saigon.The bombing operation was carried out by the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) Quyet Thang Squadron, using captured Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) A-37 Dragonfly aircraft flown by VPAF pilots and RVNAF defectors led by Nguyen Thanh Trung who had bombed the Presidential Palace in ...