Da Nang Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Đà Nẵng) (1930s–1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French...
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Da Nang International Airport (IATA: DAD, ICAO: VVDN) is an international airport serving the area of Central Vietnam and the region's largest city Da...
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losses. Da Nang was a major base area for United States and South Vietnamese military forces supporting operations throughout I Corps. Da Nang Air Base was...
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Da Nang or Danang (Vietnamese: Đà Nẵng, Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗaː˨˩ n̪a˧˥ˀŋ]) is the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies...
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The Hue–Da Nang Campaign was a series of military actions conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam...
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Marble Mountain Air Facility (MMAF), also known as Da Nang East Airfield, Marble Mountain Army Airfield and Nuoc Man Airfield, was an aviation facility...
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regularly scheduled cargo flight by Flying Tiger Line from Los Angeles to Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam, with intermediate stops at San Francisco, Seattle...
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had previously been located at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam were moved to Nam Phong starting in June 1972 to support air operations to counter the Easter...
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Sơn Trà Mountain (category Landforms of Da Nang)
Trà district, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, overlooking the Bay of Da Nang and the East Sea. Đà Nẵng Port's Tiên Sa Terminal is located at the base of the mountain's...
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Alpha of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines was landed by helicopter from Da Nang Air Base to secure the area. On 13 April a detachment of ten UH-34D helicopters...
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its headquarters at Da Nang Air Base.: 236 7 May Marine forces land at Chu Lai to secure the area for construction of an air base.: 236 9 May - 1 June...
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bases, and as flight crew and ground crew for flights into and out of Da Nang Air Base - all areas that were well-documented as having been sprayed. It wasn't...
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366th Fighter Wing (redirect from 366th Air Expeditionary Wing)
drawn down at Da Nang. On 30 June 1972, the 366th TFW was inactivated at Da Nang Air Base, being activated at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand the...
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of Vietnam (ARVN) base southwest of Da Nang in central Vietnam. The base was established on a ridgeline 4 km west of Da Nang Air Base. On 7 February 1965...
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Nhut Air Base to Da Nang Air Base.: 45 On 23 June the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron equipped with F-100D Super Sabres moved from Da Nang Air Base to...
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the theft of two cars in Da Nang, smooth-talked his way past security checkpoints.[citation needed] After taking off from Da Nang International Airport (DAD/VVDN)...
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more than 50 122 mm rockets at Da Nang Air Base destroying a United States Marine Corps (USMC) F-4B and two United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft and damaging...
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1965, the U.S. 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade landed at Da Nang to protect the Da Nang Air Base from possible communist attack. On 6 May units from the...
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Base Guam Bien Hoa Air Base Binh Thuy Air Base Cam Ranh Air Base Da Nang Air Base Nha Trang Air Base Phan Rang Air Base Phu Cat Air Base Pleiku Air Base...
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Vietnam War (category Revolution-based civil wars)
supported the deployment. The Marines' initial assignment was defense of Da Nang Air Base. The first deployment of 3,500 in March 1965 was increased to nearly...
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stay at Pleiku, the squadron maintained a forward SAR alert unit at Da Nang Air Base from 1 April 1968 – 1 September 1969. The squadron was inactivated...
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PAVN captured Da Nang, followed by Quy Nhon on 1 April and Tuy Hòa and Nha Trang on 2 April.: 203 At Phan Rang Air Base, the RVNAF 2nd Air Division continued...
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three-month stay at Da Nang Air Base, VMFA-232 moved its operations to Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong, Thailand. Here they continued to fly air to ground sorties...
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List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules (redirect from Indonesian Air Force C-130H-30 (A-1324))
Carrier Squadron, was destroyed by sappers with satchel charges at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. July 1, 1965: C-130A 55-0042, c/n 3069, of the 817th...
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AB, Pleiku Air Base and Da Nang Air Base. In May 1965 the Douglas A-1 Skyraider equipped 522nd Fighter Squadron was activated at the base. As the headquarters...
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Monkey Mountain Facility (category Installations of the United States Air Force in South Vietnam)
Hill 621 or Panama) was a U.S. Air Force (USAF) and Marine base located on Sơn Trà Mountain east of Da Nang. The base was located on the peak of Sơn Trà...
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Battalion arrived at Da Nang, South Vietnam and relieved the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines from responsibility for the security of Da Nang Air Base. By 1968 the...
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Lloyd W. Newton (category United States Air Force generals)
Phantom qualification training at George Air Force Base, California. He flew 269 combat missions from Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, including 79 missions...
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Krulak, then the commanding general of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. Da Nang Air Base was the first major airfield used by the United States Marine Corps...
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