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Phan Rang Air Base (also called Thành Sơn Air Base) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield in Vietnam.It is located 5.2 miles (4.5 nmi; 8.4 km) north-northwest of Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm in Ninh Thuận Province.
Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận VVPT PHH Phan Thiet Airfield: Bình Thủy, Cần Thơ Binh Thuy Air Base to converted as Trà Nóc Airport: An Khê, Gia Lai An Khe Airport: Thanh Xuân, Hanoi Bach Mai Airfield: Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa VVNT NHA Nha Trang Air Base
The 366th arrived at Phan Rang Air Base in March 1966. It was an air base dating back to World War II, used by the Japanese and French. To accommodate the expanding Vietnam War, Phan Rang was expanded by the USAF in 1966 to accommodate both American and South Vietnamese fighter and helicopter units.
The 6485th Operations Squadron based at Tachikawa Airfield (and later moved to Clark Air Base) stationed 4 C-118 Liftmasters on rotation at the base for casualty evacuation. [ 7 ] [ 6 ] : 397 On 8 July 1966 the 903d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was established at Tan Son Nhut AB and it maintained a detachment at Cam Ranh.
On 16 April the Division's 101st Regiment captured Phan Rang and then after defeating several ARVN counterattacks captured Phan Rang Air Base. [3]: 404 On 18 April the Division's 18th Regiment captured Phan Thiết. [3]: 405
Its last assignment was with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, where it was inactivated on 31 July 1971. The first predecessor of the squadron was activated in 1943 as the 372d Fighter Squadron, which served as a Lockheed P-38 Lightning Replacement Training Unit until it was disbanded in 1944.
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Johnson Air Base, Japan, 25 May 1951; Yokota Air Base, Japan, 1 October 1954 – 1 October 1957; Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, 8 April 1966; Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, October 1966 – 31 July 1971; George Air Force Base, California, 1 October 1971 – 15 December 1992; Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, 31 May 1993 – 1 October 1994