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| Battambang (VDBG) | ||||
RWY 07/25 POS 13°05'44"N 103°13'28"E ELEV 59 ft | ||||
| School | Squadron | Timeline | Aircraft Type(s) | Fate |
| Royal Flying School |
Escadron d'Entrainement Avancée |
Aug 1970 - 17 April 1975 | MS 733 (->71) BT-6 Yak 18 Gardan GY-80 CM.170R C-47 (Jan72->) T-28B T-41D T-37B |
renamed Air Force of the Khmer Liberation Army |
| Phnom Penh (VDPP) | ||||
RWY 05/23 POS 11°32'48"N 104°50'39"E ELEV 40 ft | ||||
| Group | Group/Squadron | Timeline | Aircraft Type(s) | Fate |
| Groupement Aérien Tactique |
1ér Groupe d'Observation et d'Accompagnement au Combate |
18 Mar 1970 - 1972 | L-19A O-1D (Feb71->) U-1A (Jul71->) |
re-organised |
| Groupe d'Intervention |
MiG 17F (->71) AD-4N (64-70?) T-28D |
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| Groupe d'liaison et Transporte |
Ce 180 C-54B C-47 AC-47D (Jun71->) EC-47D (71->) IL-14 (63-?) L-20 Beaver UTVA 60AT1 MD 315R (17Feb64-?) An 2 (->71) Y-5 (->71) |
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| Groupe d'Hélicoptèrse |
Mi 4 H-19 H-34 SE 3130 SA 316B (?->) UH-1 (Sep70->) |
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1ér Escadron de Combate |
1972 - 17 Apr 1975 | T-28D | renamed Air Force of the Khmer Liberation Army | |
1ér Escadron de Transport |
C-47 AC-47D EC-47 C-123K (May73->) |
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Escadron d'Observation et d'Accompagnement au Combate |
L-19A/O-1D U-17 U-1A |
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Escadron d'Hélicoptèrse |
UH-1D/G/H H-34 SE 3130 Alouette II SA 316B |
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Mini-gunship Squadron |
AU-24A (Jan72->) |
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| The old name for this airbase is Pochentong airbase. | ||||
C-47B 0-49433 seen at Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam in March 1971. This particular Dakota was destroyed by hostile fire in October 73, when landing at Pochentong Air Base.
Sterling Bradley
T-28D-10 0-53649 escaped to Thailand when Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge forces in 1975 and was presented to the Philippine Air Force in 1976 and given serial 153649.
Anonymus
| Udon Thani (VTUD) | ||||
RWY 30/12 POS 17°23'"N 102°47'"E ELEV 584 ft | ||||
| Force | Unit | Timeline | Aircraft Type(s) | Fate |
| Khmer Air Force |
Waterpump |
1973 ? - 1974 ? | C-123K | ended |
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T-28D | |||
| The 'Waterpump' training programme was set up by the US to train Cambodian pilots. | ||||
C-123K 55-4554 taxiies out at Bangkok/Don Muang in April 1974.
collection Dick Lohuis
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