Đắk Tô Base Camp

Đắk Tô Base Camp
Aerial photo of Đắk Tô Base looking toward Laos
Coordinates	14°39′11″N 107°47′38″E / 14.653°N 107.794°E / 14.653; 107.794 (Đắk Tô Base Camp)
Type	Army Base
Site history
Built	1967
In use	1967–72
Battles/wars	Vietnam War Battle of Dak To Battle of Kontum
Garrison information
Occupants	4th Infantry Division 173rd Airborne Brigade

Đắk Tô Base Camp (also known as Đắk Tô 2 Airfield and Phoenix Airfield) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Kon Tum in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

The 5th Special Forces Group Detachment A-333 first established a base at Đắk Tô in 1962 to monitor communist infiltration along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. In early-mid 1967 increased infiltration into the Central Highlands led Major General William R. Peers commander of the 4th Infantry Division to request reinforcements and the 173rd Airborne Brigade was moved by air to Đắk Tô in June 1967. As the existing Special Forces base camp and airfield were too small to accommodate large numbers of troops and their support requirements, a new airfield and base camp was established several kilometres further west, approximately 40 km northwest of Kon Tum. The former Đắk Tô camp would then be known as Tân Cảnh Base Camp.

The base would see extensive activity throughout the second half of 1967, culminating in the Battle of Dak To in November 1967. On the night of 15 November, North Vietnamese mortar fire hit two C-130 transport aircraft (#62-1865 and #63-7827) destroying them and setting off secondary explosions and fires in the ammunition dump and fuel storage areas.

The 4th Infantry Division would have its headquarters at Đắk Tô in March 1968 and its subordinate units would be based there from December 1967 until December 1968.

Other units stationed at Đắk Tô included:

In early 1972 the ARVN 42nd Regiment of the 22nd Division was stationed at Tân Cảnh/Đắk Tô.