Danang Air Base
Da Nang Air Base
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| Part of South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) Pacific Air Forces (USAF) |
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 Da Nang Air Base
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| Coordinates | 16°02′38″N 108°11′58″E / 16.04389°N 108.19944°E |
| Type | Air Force Base |
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| Condition | Joint Civil/Military Airport |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1930s |
| In use | 1930s-Present |
| Battles/wars |
World War II First Indochina War Vietnam War |
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| Elevation AMSL | 33 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||||||
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Da Nang Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Đà Nẵng) (1930s–1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French Air Force and later Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) facility. It is located in the city of Danang in southern Vietnam. During the Vietnam War (1959–1975), it was a major base with United States Army, United States Air Force (USAF), and United States Marine Corps (USMC) units stationed there. Air Vietnam also used the facility from 1951 to 1975 for civilian domestic and international flights within Southeast Asia.
On 22 September 1940 the Vichy Government signed an agreement with Japan allowing the Japanese to station troops in Tonkin and use three airfields there. On 14 July 1941 the Japanese sent the French an ultimatum demanding the use of bases in Annam and Cochinchina, the French acquiesced and by late July the Japanese occupied Cam Ranh Bay, Bien Hoa Air Base and Tourane Airfield.
In late 1944 the Fourteenth Air Force based in southern China began raiding Japanese bases throughout Indochina and on 12 January 1945 the United States Third Fleet launched attacks on Japanese coastal bases including Da Nang.
Tourane Airfield was used by the French Air Force during the French Indochina War (1945–1954).
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