| 词条 | Tây Lộc Airfield |
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|name=Tây Lộc Airfield |ensign= |partof= Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) Pacific Air Forces (USAF) |location= |coordinates={{Coord|16|28|28|N|107|34|23|E|name=Tây Lộc Airfield|display=inline}} |image= File:Airfield, Hue Citadel July, 1967.jpg |caption= Tây Lộc Airfield, July 1967 |type=Airfield |code= |built=1930s |builder= |materials= |height= |used=1930s-75 |demolished= |condition= abandoned |ownership= |controlledby= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= Vietnam War Battle of Huế |events= }}{{Infobox airport | name = Airfield information | IATA = | ICAO = VVHU | elevation-f = 5 | elevation-m = | website = | r1-number = 12/30 | r1-length-f = 2400 | r1-length-m = | r1-surface = crushed rock | footnotes = }}Tây Lộc Airfield (also known as Huế Citadel Airfield) is a former United States Air Force (USAF), U.S. Army and Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) airfield located within the Huế Ciadel in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam.[1] HistoryThe airfield was originally built in the 1930s by the French to serve as the airfield for Bảo Đại, the last Emperor of Vietnam. USAF units based at Tây Lộc included:
US Army units based at Tây Lộc included:
VNAF units based at Tây Lộc included:
Battle of HuếIn the early morning of 31 January 1968 at the start of the Battle of Huế, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 800th Battalion of the 6th Regiment attacked the airfield which was defended by the Army of Vietnam (ARVN) "Black Panther" Reconnaissance Company of the 1st Division. The fight for control of the airfield continued until dawn when 1st Division commander General Ngô Quang Trưởng called the Black Panthers back to defend the 1st Division headquarters in the northeast corner of the Citadel.[2] All aircraft at the airfield were destroyed in the fighting including 4 newly delivered O-2s. The airfield was recaptured on 3 February by the ARVN 3rd Infantry Regiment and 7th Armored Cavalry Squadron.[3] Current useThe airfield is now covered with housing while the former runway is now La Sơn Phu Tử road. The airfield's former control tower remains in a park area by the road. References1. ^{{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Michael|title=Where we were in Vietnam|publisher=Hellgate Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1555716257|pages=5–253}} {{USAF Vietnam War}}{{ARVN}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Tay Loc Airfield}}2. ^{{cite book|last =Schulimson|first=Jack|author2=LtCol. Leonard Blasiol |author3=Charles R. Smith|author4=Capt. David A. Dawson|title =U.S. Marines in Vietnam: 1968, the Defining Year |publisher =History and Museums Division, USMC|year =1997|url=http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/books/1968/index.cfm?page=0&dir=0001|isbn=0-16-049125-8|page=167}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=DiMarco|first=Louis|title=Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2012|isbn=9781782003137|pages=95–6}} 3 : Installations of the United States Air Force in South Vietnam|Military installations of South Vietnam|Military installations closed in the 1970s |
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