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On 8 July the squadron, with an approved strength of 41 aircraft and 474 men, was assigned to 34th Tactical Group, 2nd Air Division. [3]: 33 Between October 1961 and July 1963, 16 Farm Gate air commandos were killed. Also lost were one SC-47, four T-28s, one U-10, and four B-26s.
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 ...
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 ...
Jan 3 – 8: Operation Quick Kick [1] 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Jan 8 – 14: Operation Crimp [3]: 30 Operation by two brigades of the 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment: Ho Bo Woods, 20 km north of Cu Chi, Bình Dương Province: 129: 22 Jan 9 – 11
[3]: 75 The 2nd Fighter Squadron equipped with T-28A/B Trojans was formed at Nha Trang AB. 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.
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
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.
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.