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The 1st Special Operations Squadron was originally constituted as the 1st Air Commando Squadron, Composite, and activated on 17 June 1963 under Pacific Air Forces. It organized on 8 July 1963 at Bien Hoa Air Base , South Vietnam, and was assigned to the 34th Tactical Group .
The 602nd Air Commando Squadron also was activated, flying A-1E Skyraiders. On 17 June 1963 Headquarters USAF disestablished Farm Gate as a detachment of the Special Air Warfare Center and activated in its place the 1st Air Commando Squadron (Composite) at Bien Hoa Air Base, with Detachment 1 at Pleiku Air Base and Detachment 2 at Sóc Trăng ...
A-1E Skyraider of the 6th Special Operations Squadron at Pleiku AB. Pleiku Air Base is a former air force base in Vietnam.It was established by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) in 1962 at an undeveloped airstrip, and was used by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War in the II Corps Tactical Zone of South Vietnam.
After pilot training, he served as a jet fighter pilot in the Air Defense Command until 1965, when he volunteered for duty in Vietnam. From July 1965 through June 1966, he flew 200 combat sorties in the A-1E/H "Spad" Skyraider as a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron located at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam.
On its establishment the 14th Wing assumed control of all USAF squadrons at Nha Trang and the 1st Air Commando Squadron (before it moved to Pleiku Air Base) and it later assumed control of the 20th Helicopter Squadron. [4]: 129 In April 1966 the 361st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron equipped with EC-47s was formed at the base. [4]: 128–9
1st Air Commando Squadron: Battle of Ia Drang: South Vietnam, Pleiku Province: His A-1E #52-132898 was hit by ground fire and crashed near LZ X-Ray, no ejection observed [139] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] November 16: Green, Donald G: Captain: USAF: 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron: Operation Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam, Gulf of ...
1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment clear and search operation: Bình Định and Pleiku Provinces: Apr 14 – 27: Operation Greene Orange [1]
Bình Định, Phu Bon and Pleiku Provinces: Jan 1 – Mar 31: Operation Greene Lightning [1] 173rd Airborne Brigade operation: Bình Định Province: Jan 1 – Apr 31: Operation Keystone Robin (Charlie) [1] Redeployment of the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from South Vietnam to the ...