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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Commando Squadron ceased operating from the base and moved its forward operating base to Da Nang Air Base.: 70 On 3 February 1968 the 355th Tactical...
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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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when the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)'s 2nd Division attacked the Đà Nẵng Air Base as part of the Tet Offensive (Tết Mậu Thân). The attack was repelled...
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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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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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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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the Da Nang Air Base but were ordered to "not, repeat not, engage in day-to-day actions against the Viet Cong." By the end of March the Marines at Da Nang...
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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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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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French-built airfields at Tan Son Nhut Airport in Saigon and Da Nang Air Base in Da Nang.: 22 One of the first projects for RMK-BRJ was construction...
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maintenance units and air traffic control detachments deployed to Sóc Trăng Airfield in the Mekong Delta and later to Da Nang Air Base rotating every four...
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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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Vietnam War (category Revolution-based civil wars)
supported the deployment. The Marines' initial assignment was defense of Da Nang Air Base. The first deployment was increased to nearly 200,000 by December.: 349–351 ...
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Tactical 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...
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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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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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35th Fighter Wing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
41st Air Division. On 14 March 1966, the wing was redesignated the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing. Two weeks later, it was organized at Da Nang Air Base, South...
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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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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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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 squadron replaced HMM-163 as the Operation Shufly squadron at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. On 10 March two squadron UH-34Ds were engaged in a...
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Fighter Squadron moved to Da Nang Air Base.: 275 In June 1964 the 116th Liaison Squadron equipped with O-1s was activated at the base.: 275 In January 1965...
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