Hòa Lạc Air Base

Airfield information
Airfield information
	IATA: none; ICAO: VVYL;
Summary

Hòa Lạc Air Base
Hòa Lạc Air Base
Part of Vietnam People's Air Force
	Hòa Lạc Air Base, 1967
Coordinates	21°02′16.8″N 105°29′24″E / 21.038000°N 105.49000°E
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	Vietnam People's Air Force
Site history
Built	1967
In use	1967-Present
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Hòa Lạc Air Base is a Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) (Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) military airfield located approximately 24 km (15 mi) west of Hanoi.

History[]

Vietnam War[]

The airfield started operation in February 1967.^[1] On 26 March 1967 Col Robert Scott flying an F-105 shot down a Hòa Lạc-based MiG-17.^[2] In May the base was first attacked by the USAF.^[3]

Hòa Lạc, Kép and Phúc Yên were targeted on the first night of Operation Linebacker II on 18 December 1972 to suppress fighters that might otherwise intercept US attack aircraft.^[4]^[5]

Current use[]

The VPAF 916th Helicopter Squadron is based at Hòa Lạc.

On 7 July 2014 a VPAF Mi-171 crashed while on a parachute training mission near Hòa Lạc killing 17 passengers and crew.^[6]

References[]

^ Vietnam War After Action Reports. BACM Research. p. 35.
^ Davies, Peter (2014). F-105 Thunderchief MiG Killers of the Vietnam War. Osprey Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781782008040.
^ "Operations Summary, May 1967". National museum of the U.S. Air Force. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ Lake, Jon (2004). B-52 Stratofortress Units in Combat 1955-73. Osprey Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781841766072.
^ McCarthy, James (1985). USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume VI Monograph 8 Linebacker II: A View from the Rock (PDF). Office of Air Force History. p. 39. ISBN 978-1477541937. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Military helicopter crash kills 17 near Hanoi". Nhan Dan. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[1] Vietnam War After Action Reports. BACM Research. p. 35.

[2] Davies, Peter (2014). F-105 Thunderchief MiG Killers of the Vietnam War. Osprey Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781782008040.

[3] "Operations Summary, May 1967". National museum of the U.S. Air Force. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[4] Lake, Jon (2004). B-52 Stratofortress Units in Combat 1955-73. Osprey Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781841766072.

[5] McCarthy, James (1985). USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series Volume VI Monograph 8 Linebacker II: A View from the Rock (PDF). Office of Air Force History. p. 39. ISBN 978-1477541937. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[6] "Military helicopter crash kills 17 near Hanoi". Nhan Dan. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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