Phan Rang Air Base

Early Phan Rang Air Base
1966
Photos by Terry Morris

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Phan Rang Air Base: Dusk is Falling, the first string of flares are hanging, and 366th APS airmen hump uphill with M60 and ammo to their bunkers.
Phan Rang Air Base: Dusk is Falling, the first string of flares are hanging, and 366th APS airmen hump uphill with M60 and ammo to their bunkers.
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Below Photos: Phan Rang Air Base: as viewed from atop Nui Dat Hill
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Phan Rang Air Base: as viewed from atop Nui Dat Hill: Left
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Phan Rang Air Base: as viewed from atop Nui Dat Hill: Left-Center
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Phan Rang Air Base: as viewed from atop Nui Dat Hill: Center
Right-CenterPhan Rang Air Base: as viewed from atop Nui Dat Hill: Center-Right
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Phan Rang Air Base: as viewed from atop Nui Dat Hill: Right

Panorama CompositePhan Rang Air Base: as viewed from atop Nui Dat Hill: Composite Panorama Photo.
 
1. Phan Rang Air Base: Banner change from 366th APS to 35th APS.
1. Phan Rang Air Base: Banner change from 366th APS to 35th SPS.
2. Phan Rang Air Base: 1966: Pierced (or perforated) Steel Planking (PSP) Runway, taxiway, and aircraft parking aprons are quickly constructed.
2. Phan Rang Air Base: 1966: Pierced (or perforated) Steel Planking (PSP) Runway, taxiway, and aircraft parking aprons are quickly constructed.
3. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-2, a bunker fortified with PSP and sandbags, armed with an 50.cal machinegun, overlooks the valley below and the bomb dump (right).
3. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-2, a bunker fortified with PSP and sandbags, armed with an
50.cal machinegun, overlooks the valley below and the bomb dump (right).
4. Phan Rang AB (early 1966): Bomb Dump safely away from aircraft and growing Air Police cantonment area.
4. Phan Rang AB (early 1966):  Bomb Dump safely away from aircraft and growing Air Police cantonment area.
5. Phan Rang AB (early 1966): Bomb Dump nestled between rolling hills and scrub tree covered mounds.
5. Phan Rang AB (early 1966):  Bomb Dump nestled between rolling hills and scrub tree covered mounds.
6. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-2 bunker, lightly fortified and armed with an 50.cal machinegun, overlooks the valley below.
6. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-2 bunker, lightly fortified and armed with an 50.cal machinegun, overlooks the valley below.
7. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-1 Tower Bunker, overlooks sprawling fields of tall grass and perimeters, armed with an M60 machinegun (There was no 50 cal. on OP1. OP2 had the only 50 cal. during my time.)
7. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-1 Tower Bunker, overlooks sprawling fields of tall grass and perimeters, armed with
an M60 machinegun (There was no 50 cal. on OP1.  OP2 had the only 50 cal. during my time.)
8. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-1 Tower Bunker, awaiting darkness,Airman Terry Morris fires up a C-Rat can. with 50.cal at the ready.
8. Phan Rang Air Base: OP-1 Tower Bunker, awaiting darkness,Airman Terry Morris fires up a C-Rat can. with 50.cal at the ready.
9. Phan Rang Air Base: Bunker with business-end of a 50.cal commanding attention.
9. Phan Rang Air Base: Bunker with business-end of a 50.cal commanding attention.
10. Phan Rang Air Base: 366th Air Police cantonment area.
10. Phan Rang Air Base: 366th Air Police cantonment area.
11. Phan Rang Air Base: 366th Air Police tent bunk bed. Mosquito nets at the ready. Aligned boots' stateside-spit-shine melting in sauna heat.
11. Phan Rang Air Base: 366th Air Police tent bunk bed. Mosquito nets at the ready. Aligned boots' stateside-spit-shine melting in sauna heat.
12. Phan Rang Air Base: 366th APS walk trails of baked clay or muddy-quagmire before wooden-pallet walkways are built.
12. Phan Rang Air Base: 366th APS walk trails of baked clay or muddy-quagmire before wooden-pallet walkways are built.
13. Phan Rang Air Base: Metal mess-kits mask whatever food with a metalic-taste.
13. Phan Rang Air Base: Metal mess-kits mask whatever food with a metallic-taste.
14. Phan Rang Air Base: Mascote mongrel dog found on Nui Dat Hill. We fed him C-Rats for a while... and then he ran off.
14. Phan Rang Air Base: Mascot mongrel dog found on Nui Dat Hill. We fed him C-Rats for a while... and then he ran off.
15. Phan Rang Air Base: Vietnamese women workers unloading Pabst Beer (new in 1966: no opener needed!). Note the base theatre's open screen (center), and top right you can see the beer's temporary destination, an inflatable warehouse.
15. Phan Rang Air Base: Vietnamese women workers unloading Pabst Beer (new in 1966: no opener needed!). Note the
base theatre's open screen (center), and top right you can see the beer's temporary destination, an inflatable warehouse.
16. Phan Rang Air Base: ROK soldiers on Nui Dat Hill.
16. Phan Rang Air Base: ROK soldiers on Nui Dat Hill.
17. Phan Rang Air Base: This was the 101st Base (HQ?), South of Nui Dat [East of the South-end of the runway].
17. Phan Rang Air Base: This was the 101st Base (HQ?), South of Nui Dat [East of the South-end of the runway].
17. Phan Rang Air Base: The First Tent-Hut constructed (graded grounds await future tent-huts). Note: Nui Dat Hill in background does not have a road in early 1966.
18. Phan Rang Air Base: The First Tent-Hut constructed (graded grounds await future tent-huts).
Note: Nui Dat Hill in background does not have a road in early 1966 .
19. Phan Rang Air Base: New hut-tents constructed for the 366th APS. Nui Dat Hill graded for new road.
19. Phan Rang Air Base: New hut-tents constructed for the 366th APS. Nui Dat Hill graded for new road.

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