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71st SOS and Phan Rang Air Base: 15 Feb - 5 June, 1969 |
'The Shadow' arrives at Phan Rang | Individual Flight Crew Photos Group photo of flight crew members #1 | Group photo of flight crew members #2 Group photo, flightline maintenance crew | Miscellaneous Phan Rang photos Phan Fare, The Happy Valley Weekly, 5 Apr 1969 Phan Fare, The Happy Valley Weekly, 1 May 1969 Mike Vogel's 315th CAMS web site. (Many more photos of Phan Rang, 1968-69.) Phan Rang Air Base was the target of frequent mortar attacks in the spring of 1969. The following sound clips were recorded one evening by the webmaster. A Shadow gunship of the 71st SOS was taking off near midnight when the base began receiving incoming mortar rounds. The warning siren sounded during the Shadow's take-off. Immediately following the warning siren, the base's Disaster Response Operations Center(DROC) placed the base under "Red Option One" inwhich all personnel are to take cover. About 15 minutes following the initial attack, the DROC issued a second alert announcement. After the base was deemed 'safe', Security Alert Condition Yellow was announced, and personnel returned were allowed to return to normal duties. The AC-119G gunships would frequently fly 'cover' around their home bases following mortar attacks. |