Rocket and Mortar Attacks
Phan Rang AB, Vietnam, 1970
Courtesy of the 1882nd Communications Squadron


Date
Time
Rounds
Aircraft
Destroyed
Aircraft 
Damaged
Personnel
Killed
Personnel
Wounded
5 Jan
06:35
3
0
0
0
0
20 Jan
19:05
1
0
0
0
0
25 Jan
15:55
2
0
0
0
0
16 Feb
23:50
8
0
0
0
0
21 Feb
22:35
5
0
0
0
0
4 Mar
15:28
1
0
0
1
6
14 Mar
21:25
7
0
0
0
0
1 Apr
00:24
12
0
0
0
0
1 Apr
09:35
2
0
0
0
0
5 Apr
15:13
1
0
0
0
0
7 Apr
23:25
6
0
0
0
0
9 Apr
10:21
1
0
0
0
0
20 Apr
06:57
1
0
0
0
1
3 May *
00:45
12
0
0
*
1
6 May
21:05
6
0
0
0
0
7 May
11:04
1
0
0
0
0
16 May
21:30
12
0
0
0
0
30 May
07:49
1
0
0
0
0
6 Jun
10:04
2
0
0
0
0
10 Jun
10:03
1
0
0
0
0
2 Jul
10:20
2
0
0
0
0
9 Jul
09:16
2
0
0
0
0
21 Jul
07:47
1
0
0
1
0
5 Aug
19:41
1
0
0
0
0
22 Aug
09:29
1
0
0
0
0
31 Aug
14:34
1
0
0
0
1
4 Oct
10:19
2
0
0
0
0
8 Nov
10:14
1
0
0
0
1
29 Nov
10:38
2
0
0
0
1
TOTALS
29
98
0
0
2
11

* Not included in this table, a Vietnamese woman who worked at the Base Chapel was killed 3 May 1970.

The frequency of attacks and number of rounds dropped off significantly after the middle of May, probably because the troops President Nixon sent into Cambodia disrupted the North Vietnamese supply system.


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