Qui Nhơn Airfield (also known as Qui Nhơn Airport, Qui Nhơn Air Base or Qui Nhon Army Airfield) is a former United States Air Force, United States Army and Vietnam Air Force airfield located in

Qui Nhon Quy Nhon ( ) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of . Quy Nhon was the capital of the former Bình Định province. As of 2022 its population was 481.110. H ...

in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam.

History

In April 1966, the 84th Construction Battalion built a extension to the runway. In early 1967, the

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construction firm built a taxiway extension and various support buildings. The 1883d Communications Squadron designated and organized at Qui Nhon Airfield, South Vietnam, 1 November 1965, forming part of the

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. It then moved to Phu Cat Air Base on 1 April 1967. Army units based at Qui Nhơn included: * 8th Transportation Company ( Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee) (1961–?) *

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(Helicopter Ambulance) ( UH-1B Huey) from March 1963. * A platoon of

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with UH-1D Hueys from October 1965. *

(UH-1D) from 1967. *

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* Company D, 52nd Infantry Regiment (from December 1966) * 67th Evacuation Hospital (October 1966 – January 1971) *

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(Medium Boat) USAF units based at Qui Nhơn included: *

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(detachments) * 619th Tactical Control Squadron Detachment 12 (December 1965 – November 1966)

Current use

The base is now covered with commercial buildings while the former runway is now Nguyễn Tất Thành road. The city is served commercially by

Phu Cat Airport Phu Cat Airport is an airport serving Quy Nhơn, Vietnam. It is in Phù Cát district between the towns of Ngo May and Đập Đá, around northwest of Quy Nhơn within Bình Định province along the South Central Coast of Vietnam. As wel ...

Accidents and incidents

* 18 September 1965 USAF

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#55-0038 crashed into the sea while on final approach killing 4 of 11 crew and passengers * 30 June 1966 USAF Fairchild C-123B Provider #54-0644 was damaged beyond repair at Qui Nhơn * 30 November 1967 USAF

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#62-4175 on approach to Qui Nhơn diverted due to bad weather and hit a mountain south of the base killing all 26 passengers and crew * 25 May 1970 U.S. Army Beechcraft U-21A #66-18026 was damaged beyond repair at Qui Nhơn

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qui Nhon Airfield Installations of the United States Air Force in South Vietnam Air force installations of South Vietnam Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam Buildings and structures in Bình Định province