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Tan Son Nhut Air Base was the Headquarters of the RVNAF. It was also the headquarters of the RVNAF 5th Air Division. Vietnamese Air Force Unit Emblems at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. 33d Tactical Wing. 314th Special Air Missions SquadronVC-47, U-17, UH-1, DC-6B; 716th Reconnaissance Squadron R/EC-47, U-6A; 718th Reconnaissance Squadron EC-47
English: View of the flight line and the control tower at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, in 1964. Visible aircraft are: the noses of two U.S. Air Force McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo from the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, six Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, probably of the 16th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron,
A Viet Cong (VC) attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base occurred during the early hours of 4 December 1966, during the Vietnam War. Tan Son Nhut Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ground
On 8 February 1966, Det. 5, 1352 Photographic Group at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam became the 600th Photo Squadron charged with the increased responsibility of all USAF photographic services in Southeast Asia except reconnaissance photography.
The squadron was first organized at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, on 1 November 1965, as a dependent squadron under the 1964th Communications Group ().Its mission was to provide command and control communications for United States military personnel engaged in operations against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese enemy forces.
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The attacks on Tan Son Nhut and at Bien Hoa Air Base slowly led to an improvement in air base defense across South Vietnam, with improved bunkers and heavier defensive armament including 0.50 cal machine guns, M67 recoilless rifles and M29 mortars and, at Tan Son Nhut, two truck-mounted M45 Quadmounts.