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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 ...
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 ...
Jul 5: Operation Cuu Long 32/66 [2] ARVN operation: Kien Hoa Province: 155: 4 Jul 5 – 11: Operation Binh Phu [2] ARVN operation: Bình Định Province: 137: 15 Jul 6 – 14: Operation Washington [1] [5]: 211–3 1st Reconnaissance Battalion reconnaissance operation in the Do Xa region: Quảng Ngãi Province: 13: Jul 6 – 26: 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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Jan 5 – 17: Operation Big Muddy [1] 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division operations: along the Saigon River: Jan 10 – 18: 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)