Tan Son Nhut Air Base
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Tan Son Nhut Air Base is a former Republic of Vietnam Air Force facility located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War, stationi
Tan Son Nhut Air Base – June 1968
File:Tan Son Nhut airfield under attack by U.S. Navy aircraft, 12 January 1945
Tan Son Nhut Air Base in 1962. The uncrowded flight line reflects the level of USAF/RVNAF activity
Douglas DC-6B VIP Transport of the RVNAF 314th Special Missions Squadron
On 4 April 1975, a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy participating in the first mission of Operation Babylift crashed on approach during an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. The cause was
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
…On 4 April a C-5A aircraft carrying 250 Vietnamese orphans and their escorts suffered explosive decompression over the sea near Vũng Tàu and made a crash-landing while attempting to return to Tan Son Nhut; 153 people on board died in the crash. As the war entered its conclusion, RVNAF pilots flew sortie after sortie, supporting the retreating ARVN after…
Aerial view of the crash site
68-0218, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1971
Rear doors of a C-5 Galaxy