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With the arrival of 16 Boston Whaler skimmer crew personnel on 1 December Stable Door forces in South Vietnam reached a total of 496 men. The Inshore Undersea Warfare Group 1, (IUWG-1), WESTPAC Detachment, was moved from Saigon to Cam Ranh Bay on 5 December. MIUWS 11 was relieved at Cam Ranh Bay by Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 2 on 9 December.
In April 1965 CINCPAC instructed an engineering survey for a new airfield at Cam Ranh Bay. [1] In mid-1965, the American construction consortium RMK-BRJ was directed by the Navy Officer in Charge of Construction RVN (OICC RVN) to construct a new airfield at Cam Ranh Bay, starting with a temporary 10,000-foot (3,000 m) runway consisting of 2.2 ...
Cam Ranh Bay as seen from a Landsat image with an elevation model. Cam Ranh Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Cam Ranh) is a deep-water bay in Vietnam in Khánh Hòa Province.It is located at an inlet of the South China Sea situated on the southeastern coast of Vietnam, between Phan Rang and Nha Trang, approximately 290 kilometers (180 miles) northeast of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon).
Aircraft flew constant and monotonous patrols along 1,200 miles (1,900 km) of coast during Operation Market Time departing from bases ranging from Vietnam (Tan Son Nhut Airbase and Cam Ranh Bay) to the Philippines (Sangley Point) and Thailand (Utapao Airbase). Although the air support missions received little press coverage, their importance to ...
On 8 November 1965 the wing was assigned to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam. [2]: 27 The 12th TFW was the first permanently assigned F-4 Phantom II wing assigned to Southeast Asia. Operational squadrons of the wing at Cam Ranh were: 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1 December 1965 – 31 March 1970 (F-4C Tail Code: XC) [2]: 27 [3]: 86
In late spring of 1966, the flights at Cam Ranh Bay and Da Nang were reassigned to Udorn RTAFB in Thailand under headquarters 14th Command Support Group, Nha Trang, South Vietnam. The designated radio call sign was "Pony Express".
In May 1965, the battalion was shipped to Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam. The battalion was the first U.S. engineer battalion-size unit in Vietnam and responsible for port transportation and support facilities construction. As more engineer battalions were assigned to Vietnam, the unit was assigned missions of base camp construction and line of ...
6th Battalion, 71st Artillery (HAWK Missile) 29 September 1965 to 22 September 1968 "The 6th Battalion of the 71st Artillery was a mobile HAWK missile battalion located first at Qui Nhon. In 1966, as part of the 97th Artillery Group, [8] the battalion was relocated to Cam Ranh Bay, where it remained until departing Vietnam." [8]