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Units at Phan Rang Air Base were under the command of the RVNAF 2d Air Division at Nha Trang AB. 92d Tactical Wing 524th/534th/548th Fighter Squadron A-37; Det D 259th Helicopter Squadron UH-1H (Medevac) On 15 September 1974 a hijacker took control of an Air Vietnam Boeing 727-121C on a flight from Da Nang to Saigon and demanded to be flown to ...
Pleiku Air Base, Republic of Vietnam (Closed 1971) Phan Rang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam (Closed 1972) Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, (Closed 1971, Reopened 1972–1974) Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam (Closed 1973) Tuy Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam (Closed 1970) U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, (Closed ...
Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, 8 December 1966; Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, Vietnam, 30 April 1970; Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam, 1 October 1971 – 15 January 1972 [1] Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, c. 30 March 2009 – 30 March 2010 [citation needed] Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, 1 April 2010 – 12 May 2016 [citation needed]
Shortly after the squadron's arrival at Phan Rang, the 366th Wing moved on paper to Da Nang Air Base, and the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing became the squadron's new headquarters. The squadron continued combat operations in Vietnam until the 35th Wing stood down from combat on 26 June 1971. [ 23 ]
It was the host organization at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base South Vietnam from 1970 to 1972. The Wing was first organized as the 483rd Troop Carrier Wing during the Korean War , as an airlift organization assigned to Far East Air Forces (later Pacific Air Forces ).
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
As the intensity of the Viet Nam War increased in 1966, The United States Air Force began to replace its rotational units on temporary duty in Southeast Asia with permanent ones. As a result, the 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron moved to Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam on 15 August 1966, where it was assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. [9]
For operations along the central coast and the Ho Chi Minh trail regions, Ranch Hand operated out of Da Nang Air Base (1964–1971). Other bases of operation included Phù Cát Air Base (1968–1970), Tan Son Nhut Air Base (1962–1966), Nha Trang Air Base (1968–69), Phan Rang Air Base (1970–1972), and Tuy Hoa Air Base (1971–1972). [23]