Ban Me Thuot East Airfield
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For the civil/military use of the facility after April 1975, see Buon Ma Thuot Airport.
Ban Me Thuot East Airfield (also known as Ban Me Thuot FSB, Camp Torres, FSB Aquarius, Hoa Binh Airfield, LZ Ban Me Thuot and Phung Duc Airfield) was a military and civilian airfield and army base located approximately 8 km southeast of Buôn Ma Thuột.[1]
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Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk Province in Vietnam | |||||||
Coordinates | 12°39′57″N 108°07′04″E | ||||||
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Operator | Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Pacific Air Forces (USAF) United States Army | ||||||
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Built | 1961 (1961) | ||||||
In use | 1961- | ||||||
Battles/wars | Vietnam War Battle of Ban Me Thuot | ||||||
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Elevation | 1,759 feet (536 m) AMSL | ||||||
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