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Bearcat also served as the base for the Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division forces from 1968. [2] [4] Long Thanh North Airfield Long Thanh Army Airfield, July 1967. Aviation paragraph. 210th Aviation Battalion (January 1968-August 1971) [3]: 117 25th Aviation Company (February 1968-July 1971) [3]: 117
File:Long Thanh Army Airfield, July 1967.jpg. ... English: Aerial view of the heliport constructed by the 86th Engineer Battalion at Long Thanh. Date: 19 July 1967 ...
On 23 December 1966 USAF units began moving to the half-completed base. At this time the runway was a 3,000-foot (910 m) long dirt strip while the taxiways and parking areas were covered in Pierced steel planking (PSP). The 459th and 537th Troop Carrier Squadrons both equipped with C-7A Caribous began operations from the base on 1 January 1967.
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. It will be the second airport to serve the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area, after the existing Tan Son Nhat International ...
According to the approved modified plan in 2011, Long Thanh International Airport will be constructed on an area of 50 square kilometers (19 sq mi), and will have four runways (4,000 m x 60 m or 13,100 ft x 200 ft) and be capable of receiving the Airbus A380. The project will be divided in three stages.
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At approximately 03:20 on 31 January, the VC launched a series of diversionary attacks by fire on the north-eastern perimeter of the base with tracer rounds aimed at the petroleum, oil and lubricants storage tanks northeast of the north runway. [1]: 9–10 The VC also fired on Gate 1, the main gate of the base.
By 1968 the Bien Hoa-Long Binh complex was the largest US/South Vietnamese military base in South Vietnam.Bien Hoa Air Base was the largest air base in the country, home to over 500 United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) aircraft, while Long Binh Post was the US Army's largest logistics base, headquarters of United States Army Vietnam (USARV), the II Field ...