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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 ...
Jul 9 – 17: Operation Aurora I [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade search and destroy operation: Long Khánh Province: Jul 9 – Aug: Operation Bun Kae 66-9 [2] ROK Capital Division operation: Pleiku Province: 106: 7 Jul 12 – Sep 3: Operation El Paso III [1] 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Binh Long and Phước Long ...
Two UH-34Ds of HMM-361 were shot down by VC while on a search-and-rescue mission 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Da Nang killing four pilots, five Marine crewmen, the squadron's flight surgeon and two Navy corpsmen in the largest one-day U.S. loss of life to that point in the war. [33] 9 October
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
The U.S. Air Force had shut down FAC operations after the Korean War, in 1956. In 1961 it revived the doctrine and sent five fighter pilots as FACs to Bien Hoa Air Base in the Farm Gate contingent to advise and train the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) in directing air strikes from O-1 Bird Dogs.
Operation Treasure Island [1] 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment cordon and search operation: Bình Dương Province: Jan 13 – Feb 9: Operation Bold Mariner [5]: 300 (part of Operation Game Warden) HMM-362, SLF-A, ARVN 2nd Division, 2/26th Marines, HMM-164 cordon, search, and sweep operation was the largest amphibious assault of the war
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.
Aug 5 – 9: Operation Rush [1] 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 4th Battalion, 12th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines search and destroy operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Aug 7 – 11: Operation Beacon Gate [1] [9]: 168–9 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines sweep operations: Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces: Aug 11 – 28: Operation Cochise ...