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    MiG-21s had possibly deployed to Kép from Phúc Yên Air Base. On 24 April 1967, jets from VA-112 and VA-144 attacked Kép in the first U.S. airstrike on a...
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    ridge using heavy-lift helicopters. Phúc Yên Air Base is located at the base of the ridge, while Kép Air Base is located east of the ridge. The ridge features...
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    Union during the Vietnam War. Kép Air Base (VVKP) Biên Hòa Air Base (VVBH/VBH) Đồng Hới Airport (VVDH/VDH) Hòa Lạc Air Base (VVHL/VHL) Gia Lam Airbase (VVGL/VGL)...
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  • Kép Air Base 21°23′23″N 106°15′09″E / 21.38972°N 106.25250°E / 21.38972; 106.25250 (Kép Air Base) Biên Hòa, Đồng Nai province VVBA Bien Hoa Air Base...
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    MiG-21s had possibly deployed to Kép Air Base from Phúc Yên. On 7 July 1966, two VPAF MiG-21PFL Type Ds on Combat Air Patrol (CAP) duty over Noi Bai (Phuc...
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  • International Airport – Da Nang VVGL – Gia Lam Airport – Hanoi VVKP – Kép Air Base – Bac Giang VVNB (HAN) – Noi Bai International Airport – Hanoi VVNS (SQH)...
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    Zuni (rocket) (category Air-to-air rockets of the United States)
    role during the Vietnam War. On May 1, 1967, during a sortie against Kép Air Base, North Vietnam, Lieutenant Commander Theodore R. Swartz of Squadron VA-76...
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    SAM site was accomplished when four A-4 Skyhawks struck a site near Kép Air Base northeast of Hanoi. 18 October In the first Shining Brass mission against...
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    Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (IATA: TKH, ICAO: VTPI) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility in central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km)...
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  • USS Independence, with an A-6 Intruder pathfinder, found a site near Kép Air Base, northeast of Hanoi, and destroyed it. For the Navy, the A-4 and A-3...
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    aircraft participated in a strike against the Kép Air Base, the first time the airfield was hit during the air war over North Vietnam. The squadron was assigned...
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    May 1967: During a sortie against Kép Air Base, Lieutenant Commander Theodore R. Swartz shot down a MiG-17 with air-to-ground rockets. This was the first...
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    readiness of air squadron crews within its ranks. 3rd Air Wing is under the control of Iswahjudi Air Force Base, 2nd Air Operations Command, based in Maospati...
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    Nepalgunj (Nepalganj), Nepal (VNNG / KEP) at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006). "Buddha Air plans ATR 72 Nepalgunj-Delhi service"...
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    fuel depots at Kép and Lục Nam district destroying an estimated 160,000 gallons of fuel at Kép. USAF jets attacked Phúc Yên Air Base with laser-guided...
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    Scott flying an F-105 shot down a Hòa Lạc-based MiG-17. In May the base was first attacked by the USAF. Hòa Lạc, Kép and Phúc Yên were targeted on the first...
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    participated in a multi-carrier coordinated strike against North Vietnam’s Kép Air Base, northeast of Hanoi. This was the first time a strike had been conducted...
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    Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd (Nepali: बुद्ध एयर) is an airline based in Lalitpur, Nepal. It operates domestic flights within Nepal as well as international services...
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    targets of the first wave of bombers were the North Vietnamese airfields at Kép, Phúc Yên and Hòa Lạc and a warehouse complex at Yên Viên while the second...
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    Hubert Buchanan (category United States Air Force officers)
    and Highway Bridge located approximately 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Kép Air Base, between the major cities of Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam. Shortly...
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    A kinetic energy penetrator (KEP), also known as long-rod penetrator (LRP), is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate vehicle armour using a flechette-like...
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  • In North Vietnam, U.S. Navy aircraft strike Kép Air Base and U.S. Air Force aircraft attack Hòa Lạc Air Base. April 28 – The Douglas Aircraft Company and...
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  • Clifton Cushman (category United States Air Force officers)
    northeast railroad line approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-northeast of Kép Air Base and 29 miles (47 km) northeast of Bac Giang, Lang Son Province, North...
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  • Cosmic Air Pvt. Ltd. (Nepali: कस्मिक एयर) was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It operated scheduled domestic and international services out of Tribhuvan...
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  • Necon Air was a Nepalese airline based in Kathmandu. The airline was Nepal's first private airline company and was established on 14 September 1992 with...
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  • people per game. Mak kep is similar to the worldwide game called Knucklebones, Fivestones, or Jacks. The name of this game is based on the location of where...
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    Kien An Airport (category Installations of the Vietnam People's Air Force)
    1967 and the first US air attack on the base took place on 23 April 1967. On 19 November 1967 4 MiG-17s deployed from Kép Air Base to Kien An intercepted...
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    Robin Olds (category United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II)
    solid overcast covered the North Vietnamese airbases at Phúc Yên, Gia Lam, Kép, and Cat Bai when the bogus strike force began arriving over the target area...
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    Side cap (section Air Force)
    Navy, Air Force and Army personnel, most recognizably by the infantry and cavalry units of the Life Guards. In Turkey the cap is called 'kayık kep' (lit...
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    The airfield is conjoined with the Husein Sastranegara air force base of the Indonesian Air Force. Most of the commercial flights operations transferred...
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