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The attacks on Tan Son Nhut and at Bien Hoa Air Base slowly led to an improvement in air base defense across South Vietnam, with improved bunkers and heavier defensive armament including 0.50 cal machine guns, M67 recoilless rifles and M29 mortars and, at Tan Son Nhut, two truck-mounted M45 Quadmounts.
The Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base occurred on April 28, 1975, just two days before the Fall of Saigon.The bombing operation was carried out by the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) Quyet Thang Squadron, using captured Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) A-37 Dragonfly aircraft flown by VPAF pilots and RVNAF defectors led by Nguyen Thanh Trung who had bombed the Presidential Palace in ...
A Viet Cong (VC) attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base occurred during the early hours of 4 December 1966, during the Vietnam War.Tan Son Nhut Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ground operations.
The 72nd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron ( 72 ISRS) is a United States Space Force unit assigned to Space Operations Command 's Space Delta 7. It provides intelligence support to the United States Space Command and other unified combatant commands. Headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, it was originally ...
Director of Operations. Maj Danielle Ryan. Superintendent. SMSgt Jen Rider. The 11th Delta Operations Squadron ( 11 DOS) is a United States Space Force unit. Assigned to Space Training and Readiness Command 's Space Delta 11, it is responsible for providing operations support to the delta. It was activated on 15 September 2021.
The 20th Space Surveillance Squadron ( 20 SPSS) is a Space Delta 2 unit located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida with the mission to execute multiplatform, tactical space warfighting domain characterization, recognition, and responsiveness to achieve 21st Space Wing and United States Space Command intent. The unit, formerly designated the 20th ...
In the 1960s, Delta Air Base was the home of a bustling aircraft salvage operation. By the time of the August 1972 Charlotte Sectional Chart, Delta's runway had been lengthened to 4,200'. The 1982 AOPA Airport Directory described Delta as having a single 4,200' Runway 18/36. Sometime before 1996 the runway was shortened and some of the land was ...
Space Delta 11 ( DEL 11) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for space range and aggressor. It conducts live and virtual training and operations for test and training requirements. It was established on 23 August, 2021 following the establishment of the Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM), the field command to which it ...