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3,048. Paved. 02R/20L. 10,000. 3,048. Paved. Cam Ranh Air Force Base is located on Cam Ranh Bay in Khánh Hòa province, Vietnam. It was one of several air bases built and used by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the Vietnam War. Cam Ranh Air Force Base was part of the large Cam Ranh Bay logistics facility built by the United States.
660 feet (201 m) AM2 Marston Mat. Chu Lai Base Area (also known as Chu Lai Combat Base or simply Chu Lai or Kỳ Hà) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base in Chu Lai in central Vietnam. Kỳ Hà Air Facility was part of the installation and was located in the northern half, Chu Lai Air Base ...
Vietnam Map with eight Military Districts and four Corps PAVN soldiers during a parade in 2015. Hanoi Capital City Special High Command (Bộ Tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội): special command tasked for the defense of the Hanoi Capital Region. Headquarters: Hanoi; 1st Military Region (Quân khu 1): responsible for the North East of Vietnam.
1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 22 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into the two military gathering areas, which was supposed to be sustained in the short term after the First Indochina War.
On 30/31 January 1968, the base was hit by Vietcong mortar and rocket fire as part of the Tet Offensive. The base was used to support U.S. and ARVN forces fighting in the Battle of Huế. The first relief force was dispatched from Phu Bai to the MACV Compound in Huế City. [ 8 ]: 9. On 15 February 1968, General Creighton Abrams established ...
China said its military and economic aid to North Vietnam and the Viet Cong totaled $20 billion ($160 billion adjusted for 2022 prices) during the Vietnam War; [10] included were 5 million tons of food to North Vietnam (equivalent to a year's food production), accounting for 10–15% of their food supply by the 1970s.
Chu Lai was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1965 to 1970, and a United States Army military base from 1970 to 1971 during the Vietnam War.Roughly 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Đà Nẵng, the base had an airfield to supplement the major base at Đà Nẵng.