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Phu Loi airfield was originally established by the Japanese in the 1940s and was located approximately 20 km north of Saigon in Bình Dương Province.During the First Indochina War the base was used by the French as a prisoner of war camp for captured Viet Minh.
The Phu Loi Prison for Viet Minh prisoners and later opponents of the Ngo Dinh Diem government is now a museum.(). Little remains of the airfield built by the Japanese in the Second World War and subsequently used by U.S. Army aviation units during the Vietnam War.
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The base appears to have been initially used to support Operation Junction City in February–May 1967.. The base was established in 1967 on the site of a former French rubber plantation and was located approximately 6 km east of An Lộc in Bình Long Province.
Phu Hiep Da Nang [44] L19/0-1 Bird Dog (Reconnaissance Airplane) [11] 205th Aviation Company: Fort Sill Phu Loi [44] 12th Combat Aviation Group (Assault Support Helicopter) [11] 213th Aviation Company: Fort Benning Phu Loi [44] CH-47 Chinook: 1967-12th Combat Aviation Group (Air Mobile Medium) [17] (Assault Support Helicopter) [11] 219th ...
Long An Province was believed to shelter the 267th, 269th, and 6th Bình Tân Battalions in the west and the 506th, 508th, 5th Nhà Bè and Phu Loi II Battalions in the east. The VC had successfully established control over most of the province with the result that South Vietnamese Government control was limited to the major towns and outposts ...
Phu Loi area of Bình Dương Province: Aug 23 – Sep 23: Operation Pole Star [1] ROK 2nd Marine Brigade clear and search operation: Bình Sơn District, Quảng Ngãi Province: Aug 23 – Sep 26: Operation Mallard II [1] Deployment of 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment from Vũng Tàu to Long Binh: Aug 25 – 27: Operation Long Phi 984 [2]
The goal of the 506th and 508th Battalions, the Phu Loi I Battalion and the 5th Nha Be Battalion was to seize the three bridges in the Eighth District and enter the city to attack the National Police headquarters and other targets. The Phu Loi I Battalion aimed to take the 5A Bridge, while the 506th Battalion headed for the Y Bridge.