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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.
On 1 April, PAVN tanks rolled through Dục Mỹ and Ninh Hòa and headed for Nha Trang. The II Corps staff drove south to Phan Rang Air Base, the defeated remnants of the Airborne, Rangers, Regional and Popular Forces and 40th Regiment followed. The RVNAF evacuated Nha Trang Air Base at 15:00 and all flyable aircraft were flown out.
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 14th Air Commando Wing was activated at Nha Trang on 8 March 1966 and it would be the host unit at the base until 15 October 1969 when it moved to Phan Rang Air Base. [8] [9] The airfield was managed by the 14th Combat Support Group. [1]
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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
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.
United States Air Force. 14th Special Operations Wing – Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam; 17th Special Operations Squadron 1969–1971 18th Special Operations Squadron 1969–1971 71st Special Operations Squadron 1968–1969 (Detachments at Tan San Nhut, Phan Rang and Phu Cat AB) 56th Special Operations Wing – Nakhon Phanom Air Base, Thailand