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On 14 June 1968 the Federalized New York Air National Guard 136th Tactical Fight Squadron deployed to Tuy Hoa and would remain there until 25 May 1969. [2]: 55 On 29 July 1968 a Viet Cong sapper attack on the base destroyed two C-130s and damaged a further five C-130s, one F-100 and one C-47. [3]
UH-1 in revetment, 13 July 1968. The base was located approximately 5 km east of Highway 1 and 7 km southeast of Tuy Hoa Air Base. [1] The base was used by the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry [2] 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry [2]: 139 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry [2]: 141 from October 1966 to June 1967.
The year 1968 saw major developments in the Vietnam War.The military operations started with an attack on a US base by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Viet Cong (VC) on January 1, ending a truce declared by the Pope and agreed upon by all sides.
Communist forces were told to "crack the sky" and "shake the earth" during the Tet Offensive, but their real victory wasn't on the battlefield.
Hat Dich area, Phước Tuy Province: Aug 1 – 31: Operation Lyre Bird [1] [5] 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment land-clearing operation: west of Nui Dat, Phước Tuy Province: Aug 2 – Apr 24 1969: Operation Lam Son 245 [10] ARVN 54th Regiment operation: Thừa Thiên Province: 636: Aug 4 – 20
Following the completion of Operation Greeley, in September 1967 General William B. Rosson instructed the commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Brigadier General Leo H. Schweiter, to locate and destroy the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 95th Regiment, which was believed to be located in a base area known as “The Hub” in the foothills northwest of Tuy Hòa in Phú Yên Province.
Its third mobilization was in 1968 for the Pueblo Crisis, however this time the squadron deployed to Tuy Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, flying combat missions from there until 1969. In 1971, it returned to the air defense mission, continuing to fly fighters until converting to the air refueling mission in 1994.
Operation Coburg (24 January − 1 March 1968) was an Australian and New Zealand military action during the Vietnam War.The operation saw heavy fighting between the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) forces during the wider fighting around Long Binh and Bien Hoa.