Phan Rang Air Base

Phan Rang Air Base
  
Part of Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF)
Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF)
Pacific Air Forces (USAF)
Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam 1967
Phan Rang Air Base is located in Vietnam
Phan Rang Air Base
Phan Rang Air Base
Coordinates11°38′06″N 108°57′01″E / 11.63500°N 108.95028°E / 11.63500; 108.95028 (Phan Rang AB)
TypeAir Force Base
Site information
Controlled by Vietnam People's Air Force

 Republic of Vietnam Air Force

  United States Air Force
ConditionSeized 1975 by PAVN, in use as military airfield
Site history
Built1942 (rebuilt 1965)
In use1942–1954; 1965–present
Battles/wars
Vietnam War
Garrison information
Garrison937th Fighter Regiment (VPAF)
92d Tactical Wing (RVNAF)
366th Tactical Fighter Wing (USAF)
35th Tactical Fighter Wing (USAF)
315th Tactical Airlift Wing (USAF)
14th Special Operations Wing (USAF)
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL32 m / 105 ft
Coordinates11°38′01″N 108°57′07″E / 11.63361°N 108.95194°E / 11.63361; 108.95194
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04L/22R 3,200 10,499 Concrete
04L/22C 3,200 10,499 Currently Disused
04L/22L 3,200 10,499 Currently Disused

Phan Rang Air Base (also called Thành Sơn Air Base) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) military airfield in Vietnam. It is located 5.2 miles (4.5 nmi; 8.4 km) north-northwest of Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm in Ninh Thuận Province.

Initially built by the Imperial Japanese Army about 1942, the airfield was also used by the French Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air) during the First Indochina War then abandoned in 1954. The United States rebuilt the airfield in 1965 and it was used by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) and the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War in the II Corps Tactical Zone of South Vietnam.

It was seized by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in April 1975 and has been in use by the VPAF ever since.


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