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  2. Operation Farm Gate - Wikipedia

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    The 602nd Air Commando Squadron also was activated, flying A-1E Skyraiders. On 17 June 1963 Headquarters USAF disestablished Farm Gate as a detachment of the Special Air Warfare Center and activated in its place the 1st Air Commando Squadron (Composite) at Bien Hoa Air Base, with Detachment 1 at Pleiku Air Base and Detachment 2 at Sóc Trăng ...

  3. 1961 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Operation Field Goal RT-33. An advance party of the USAF 6010th Tactical Group arrived at Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base at the request of the Thai government to establish an aircraft warning system. [18] On 20 April six F-100 Super Sabres from the 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron based at Clark Air Base deployed to Don Muang in Operation ...

  4. 1962 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    An Operation Farm Gate SC-47 crashed 70 miles north of Saigon while on a leaflet-dropping mission, killing eight Americans (six Air Force and two Army) and one Vietnamese. [14] [15] 14 February. Journalist James Reston published an article in The New York Times stating that "The United States is now involved in an undeclared war in South ...

  5. List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1966)

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    3rd Squadron SAS and 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation as a search and clear mission to round up VC who had infiltrated the fishing village on Long Sơn Island: Long Sơn Island: Nov 8 – 14: Operation Arcadia [1] 1st Battalion 1st Marines and 3rd Battalion 1st Marines search and destroy operation: Quảng Nam Province: Nov 9 ...

  6. South Vietnam Air Force - Wikipedia

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    In late 1961 four USAF T-28 pilots from Operation Farm Gate were sent to Nha Trang AB to train RVNAF crews. [3]: 127 The 2nd Fighter Squadron became fully operational in mid-1962. [3]: 132 It was renamed the 516th Fighter Squadron in January 1963. [3]: 275 In October 1961, the 2nd Helicopter Squadron was activated at Da Nang AB.

  7. Nha Trang Air Base - Wikipedia

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    In late 1961 4 USAF T-28 pilots from Operation Farm Gate were sent to Nha Trang to train RVNAF crews. [2]: 127 The 2nd Fighter Squadron became fully operation in mid-1962. [2]: 132 It was renamed the 516th Fighter Squadron in January 1963. [2]: 275 In September 1962 the RVNAF 12th Air Base Squadron was formed at the base. [2]: 275

  8. List of allied military operations of the Vietnam War (1968)

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    USAF, US Navy, USMC and Royal Lao Air Force dry season phase of the air interdiction campaign to bomb the Ho Chi Minh Trail: eastern Laos: Nov 16 – Mar 12 1969: Operation Sheridan Sabre [1] [8]: 82 2/1 Cavalry, 3/1 Cavalry, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and ARVN 36th Regiment screening operation to prevent PAVN infiltration

  9. Richard Secord - Wikipedia

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    Major General Richard Vernon Secord (July 6, 1932 – October 15, 2024) was a United States Air Force officer who worked in covert operations.Early in his military service, he was a member of the first U.S. aviation detachment sent to the Vietnam War in August 1961, Operation Farm Gate.