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128th Assault Helicopter Company [4] 173rd Assault Helicopter Company before moving to Lai Khe; 205th Aviation Support Helicopter Company; 213th Aviation Support Helicopter Company; D Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment [5] AVEL Central Avionics (January 1966-April 1972) [3]: 187 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor [3]: 93
121st Assault Helicopter Company; 121st Aviation Company; 121st Aviation Company (Airmobile Light) 123rd Aviation Company; 125th Aviation Company; 128th Assault Helicopter Company; 128th Aviation Company; 129th Assault Helicopter Company; 129th Aviation Company; 131st Aviation Company; 132nd Aviation Company; 134th Assault Helicopter Company ...
K07 Navy Camouflage Pattern Vietnam: Former standard camo. A variant of the K07 Woodland used by the Ground Forces. [56] [57] K17 Navy Camouflage Pattern Vietnam: Former standard camo. A variant of the K17 used by the Ground Forces. K20 Navy Camouflage Pattern Vietnam: Currently being the standard-issued camo. A variant of the K20 used by the ...
The LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium (LSM) were amphibious assault ships designed to carry men and vehicles onto a hostile shore. They were 530 ton, 203-foot (62 m) vessels, with a crew of 58, and a top speed of 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph). They were capable of carrying between three and five tanks, and 54 troops.
196th Assault Support Helicopter Company (January 1967-December 1970) [3]: 122 498th Medical Company On 5 March 1971 Boeing CH-47C Chinook #67-18518 of the 180th Assault Support Helicopter Company on approach to Lane collided with a Republic of Korea Army Cessna O-1D Bird Dog causing both aircraft to crash killing 5 passengers and crew on the ...
In 1966, rotary wing support was originated as part of the response to the ongoing war in South Vietnam. [4] Starting with Helicopter Combat Support Squadron ONE (HC-1), detachments of helicopter gunships transferred to the Navy to conduct combat operations in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam.
The force would be based aboard U.S. Navy ships that would include 5 self-propelled barracks ships, 2 LST's, 2 large harbor tugs, and 2 landing craft repair ships. In addition, two U.S. Navy river assault groups would provide tactical water mobility. Each assault group would be capable of lifting the combat elements of one reinforced infantry ...
The base was named after Captain Roger Gauvin and SP5 Carleton Upton of the 114th Aviation Company who were killed in action on 15 March 1964. [ 1 ] The base was attacked by Vietcong forces as part of the Tet Offensive on 31 January 1968 resulting in seven U.S. killed and three Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters destroyed.