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Tan Son Nhut AB

Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Vietnam Air Force (south) roundel.svg Roundel of the USAF.svg
Part of South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF)
Pacific Air Forces (USAF)
Aerial view of Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Vietnam) in June 1968.jpg
Tan Son Nhut Air Base – June 1968
Tan Son Nhut Air Base is located in Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Coordinates 10°49′08″N 106°39′07″E / 10.81889°N 106.65194°E / 10.81889; 106.65194 (Tan Son Nhut AB)
Type Air Force Base
Site information
Condition Joint Civil/Military Airport
Site history
Built 1955
In use 1955–present
Battles/wars Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg
Vietnam War
Tan Son Nhat International Airport
Summary
Elevation AMSL 10 m / 33 ft
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07L/25R 3,048 10,000 Concrete
07R/25L 3,800 12,468 Concrete

Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Tân Sơn Nhứt) (1955–1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) facility. It is located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War (1959–1975), stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units there. Following the Fall of Saigon, it was taken over as a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) facility and remains in use today.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport, (IATA: SGN, ICAO: VVTS) has been a major Vietnamese civil airport since the 1920s.

Tan Son Nhat Airport was built by the French in the 1920s when the French Colonial government of Indochina constructed a small unpaved airport, known as Tan Son Nhat Airfield, in the village of Tan Son Nhat to serve as Saigon's commercial airport. Flights to and from France, as well as within Southeast Asia were available prior to World War II. During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army used Tan Son Nhat as a transport base. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the French Air Force flew a contingent of 150 troops into Tan Son Nhat.

After World War II, Tân Sơn Nhất served domestic as well as international flights from Saigon. In 1952, the French Air Force moved the 312th Special Mission Squadron, consisting of French Douglas C-47 Skytrains and Beechcraft Model 18s for carrying cargo and military passengers to support French forces, to TSN from Nha Trang Air Base.


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