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    Phan Rang Air Base (also called Thành Sơn Air Base) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield in Vietnam...
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    Vietnam. The pilot told the hijackers that he had to land for fuel at Phan Rang Air Base. Shortly before the plane exploded, the pilot radioed that the hijacker...
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    Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, commonly known as Phan Rang, is a city in Vietnam and the capital of Ninh Thuận Province. The community has a population of 207,998...
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    Wing became the first Air National Guard unit to be sent to a combat zone since World War II, deploying to Phan Rang Air Base through April 1969 as part...
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    1 April and Tuy Hòa and Nha Trang on 2 April.: 203  At Phan Rang Air Base, the RVNAF 2nd Air Division continued to battle PAVN troops for two days after...
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    35th Fighter Wing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    Phan Rang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, to replace the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. With the transfer, the 35th became the parent wing at Phan Rang Air...
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    reassigned to Phan Rang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam as the base host organization.[citation needed] The 366th arrived at Phan Rang Air Base in March 1966...
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    aircraft arrived at the base on 7 January 1962 under the code name Ranch Hand.: 113  The 315th ACW was transferred to Phan Rang Air Base on 14 June 1967. On...
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    base from Phan Rang replacing the 35th TFW which moved down to Phan Rang.: Appendix 1  By December 1966 7 F-4 squadrons were operating from the base.: 160 ...
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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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  • the still incomplete Phan Rang Air Base: 87  From Cam Ranh AB the wing carried out close air support, interdiction, and combat air patrol activities over...
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    Air Base Detachment 1, 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron (612th TFS), transferred from the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base While based...
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    it moved to Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. During this period, No. 33 Squadron RAF was stationed at Butterworth to provide ground to air defence with...
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    614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    1954 at Alexandria Air Force Base, Louisiana. After temporary deployments to Southeast Asia, the squadron moved to Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam. It...
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    Royal Air Force Station Lakenheath, England, where he flew the F-100. In June 1967 he was assigned to the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang Air Base...
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  • captured together with ARVN Lieutenant General Nguyễn Vĩnh Nghi near Phan Rang Air Base on 16 April 1975.: 268  He was then transported north to Sơn Tây prison...
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    352d Tactical Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    inactive United States Air Force fighter squadron. Its last assignment was with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, where...
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    training program at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and was in place at Phan Rang Air Base on its TDY deployment by 15 April. The 822nd CSPS was organized, more...
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  • March 1966 and it would be the host unit at the base until 15 October 1969 when it moved to Phan Rang Air Base. The airfield was managed by the 14th Combat...
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    615th Tactical Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, where it was...
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    Air Command (TAC) pilots, navigators and support personnel found themselves deployed from the CONUS to PACAF bases such as Da Nang Air Base and Phan Rang...
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  • States Air Force squadrons. Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force. Tyndall Air Force Base wolfhoundsusaf...
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  • ordered that it be flown to Hanoi. The pilots attempted to land at Phan Rang Air Base, but the aircraft crashed just short of it for unknown reasons. It...
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    Logan Field, Maryland. Shortly thereafter, operating from New Castle Army Air Base, Delaware, the 4th ferried aircraft to locations in Alaska, Africa, and...
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    Retrieved 19 November 2023. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-121C XV-NJC Phan Rang Air Base (PHA)". 1974. Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved...
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    when CIA agent James Lewis was taken there after being captured at Phan Rang Air Base on 16 April 1975 during the People's Army of Vietnam Spring Offensive...
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    transferred its remaining resources to the 315th Tactical Airlift Wing at Phan Rang Air Base on 31 July 1971. Still flying its A-37s, the 8th Special Operations...
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    Base (1962–1966), Nha Trang Air Base (1968–69), Phan Rang Air Base (1970–1972), and Tuy Hoa Air Base (1971–1972). Other bases were also used as temporary...
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    PAVN/VC and 23 ROK killed. 10 March A U.S. Navy VC-47J crashed near Phan Rang Air Base killing all 25 on board. 18 March The South Vietnamese assembly adopted...
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  • / 20.80333; 106.60472 (Kien An Airport) Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, Ninh Thuận province VVPR PHA Phan Rang Air Base Trường Sa district, Khánh Hòa province Truong...
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