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The 2nd Air Division was organized in Saigon at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in October 1962 under the authority of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam to control local USAF operations. From December 1962, it controlled all activities and units in Southeast Asia, initially, USAF tactical forces FARM GATE C/H- 47, B/RB-26, T-28, and U-10 ...
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division; 1st Aviation Brigade; 1st Signal Brigade; 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division; 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; 11th Infantry Brigade
U.S. 2nd Air Division aerial interdiction effort targeted against the infiltration of NVA men and material moving south from North Vietnam: southeastern Laos: May 31 – Jun 3: Unnamed [8]: 17 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team first brigade sized operation in Vietnam, a series of airmobile assaults: near Bien Hoa, Biên Hòa Province: 7
Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the crack Viet Cong (VC) D800 Battalion, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment soon found itself fighting for survival in the rubber plantations of Cam My village, approximately 42 miles (68 km) east of Saigon. During this battle 134 men of Charlie ...
2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and ARVN 54th Regiment clear and search operation: Thừa Thiên Province: Dec 15 – Jan 5 1969: Operation Valiant Hunt [1] [7]: 300 BLT 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines and HMM-362 clear and search operation: Barrier Island, south of Hội An, Quảng Nam Province: 33: 3 Dec 15 – Feb 13 1969: Operation Navajo ...
On 29 April the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Hac Bao (Black Panther) reconnaissance company of the 1st Division made contact with a PAVN force in a hamlet 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Huế. They exchanged small arms fire until elements of the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne arrived and cordoned off the area blocking escape routes.
2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 2nd and 3rd Brigades 25th Infantry Division and 3/1 Cavalry operation: 26 km west of Pleiku: 46: 3 May 12–13: Operation Asheville [1] 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Division search and destroy operation: III Corps: May 14–16: Operation Dan Chi 227 [2] [24] ARVN operation: An Xuyen Province: 247: 1 May 15 ...
The following is a list of United States aerial victories of the Vietnam War. While U.S. sources claimed 195 North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Air Force aircraft were shot down in air to air combat, the North Vietnamese claim that only 134 aircraft were lost. [1]