Bien Hoa AB
Bien Hoa Air Base
  
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 Bien Hoa AB
Location of Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam
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| Coordinates | 10°58′37″N 106°49′06″E / 10.97694°N 106.81833°E |
| Type | Air Force Base |
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 United States Air Force
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| Condition | Seized 1975 by PAVN, in use as military airfield |
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| Built | 1955 |
| In use | 1955-Present |
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 Vietnam War |
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| Elevation AMSL | 79 ft / 24 m | ||||||||||||||
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South Vietnamese Air Force
Bien Hoa Air Base is a Vietnam People's Air Force (Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) military airfield located in South-Central southern Vietnam about 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Saigon near the city of Biên Hòa within Đồng Nai Province.
During the Vietnam Wars (1955–75), the base was used by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF). The United States used it as a major base from 1961 through 1973, stationing Army, Air Force (USAF), Navy, and Marine units there.
Bien Hoa is located on quiet, flat grounds in a rural area 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Saigon. The French Air Force established an air base, the Base aérienne tactique 192, which was very active during the First Indochina War. On 1 June 1955, Bien Hoa Air Base became the VNAF's logistics support base when the French evacuated their main depot at Hanoi. At that time the VNAF was in its final days as an auxiliary air arm under total French control.
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