United States Air Force - Pacific Air Forces (USAF)
Condition
Seized 1975 by PAVN, in use as military airfield
Site history
Built
1955 (1955)
In use
1955-
Battles/wars
Vietnam War
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: VBH, ICAO: VVBH
Elevation
79 feet (24 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
09L/27R
10,000 feet (3,048 m) Concrete
09R/27L
10,000 feet (3,048 m) Concrete
Bien Hoa Air Base (Vietnamese: Sân bay Biên Hòa) is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) military airfield located in South-Central southern Vietnam about 25 km (16 mi) from Ho Chi Minh City, across the Dong Nai river in the northern ward of Tân Phong, and within the city of Biên Hòa within Đồng Nai Province. The boomburb city is densely populated and rings the base, despite significant levels of Agent Orange toxins simply left there for decades. Cleanup and remediation began in 2019.[1][2]
During the Vietnam War the base was used by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF). The United States used it as a major base from 1961 through 1973, stationing Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine units there.
^"U.S. Prepares for biggest-ever Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam". Reuters. 17 October 2018.
^"U.S. Launches Latest Agent Orange Clean-Up at a Vietnamese Air Base". Time Magazine. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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to regroup quickly and retain control of the nearby BienHoaAirBase, using it to mobilize air power and stop the rebel advance with threats of bombing...
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Japanese occupied Cam Ranh Bay, BienHoaAirBase and Tourane Airfield.: 39–40 In late 1944, the Fourteenth Air Force based in southern China began raiding...
to BienHoaAirBase, South Vietnam, a forward operating base, which frequently came under enemy mortar and rocket fire. Missions included close air support...
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Central Highlands. 20 February The PAVN/VC shelled BienHoaAirBase, Phan Rang AirBase and Phu Loi Base Camp and shot down two U.S. helicopters killing...
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a pilot of the South Vietnamese air force and an undetected communist spy flew an F-5E aircraft from BiênHòaAirBase to bomb the palace but caused no...
Tactical Fighter Wing at Yokota AirBase, Japan. The squadron, however operated in a deployed status from BienHoaAirBase, South Vietnam. All the drones...
a formation of three RVNAF F-5E Tiger fighter-bombers lined up at BienHoaAirBase, each armed with four 250-pound bombs, for an attack on PAVN positions...
orders to fly their A-1H/AD-6 Skyraider ground attack planes from BienHoaAirBase outside Saigon to the Mekong Delta in an early morning mission against...
Minh City), Noi Bai (Hanoi), Da Nang (Da Nang), Cam Ranh (Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa province) and Phu Quoc (Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang province). While other though...
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