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Bookmark or Share- Tan Son Nhat International Airport - WikipediaIt is the busiest and largest airport in Vietnam, with 32.5 million passengers in 2016, [2] 38.5 million passengers in 2018, [3] and about 41 million passengers in 2023. [4] As of December 2023, it is the 50th-busiest airport in the world, and the second-busiest in Southeast Asia. [5]
- A look back at the 377th Security Police Squadron's defense of Tan Son NhutFor their action, the 377 SPS was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation which read: “Tan Son Nhut AB suddenly came under attack from a large, multi-battalion hostile force using rockets, mortars, automatic weapons and small arms.
- The Fall of Saigon (1975): The Bravery of American Diplomats and ...On April 29, 1975, North Vietnamese troops shelled Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Air Base. U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin then ordered the evacuation of Saigon. As a signal to Americans in Saigon that the evacuation had begun, Armed Forces Radio started to play “White Christmas” on repeat.
- The Threat > National Museum of the United States Air Force™ > DisplayOn the night of Jan. 31, 1968, the communists attacked Tan Son Nhut Air Base with about 1,500 troops and about 1,000 attacked Bien Hoa Air Base. During the war, enemy ground action against U.S. Air Force air bases took a heavy toll. The communists killed 155 U.S. personnel and wounded about 1,700.
- Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base - WikipediaThe 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.
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