Pleiku Air Base

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pleiku_Air_Base

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:builtBy	French colonial government
gptkbp:closed	1975
gptkbp:controlledBy	gptkb:Vietnam_People's_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Air_Force gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Air_Force
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Vietnam
gptkbp:currentUse	civilian airport (Pleiku Airport)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pleiku Air Base
gptkbp:ICAO_code	VVPK
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Pleiku,_Gia_Lai_Province,_Vietnam
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:Bell_OH-58_Kiowa gptkb:Cessna_O-2_Skymaster gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star gptkb:de_Havilland_Canada_C-7_Caribou gptkb:Martin_B-57_Canberra gptkb:Cessna_T-37_Tweet gptkb:Sikorsky_CH-53_Sea_Stallion gptkb:Douglas_C-47_Skytrain gptkb:Lockheed_C-130_Hercules gptkb:Bell_UH-1_Iroquois gptkb:Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk gptkb:Northrop_F-5_Freedom_Fighter gptkb:Sikorsky_CH-54_Tarhe gptkb:Douglas_A-1_Skyraider gptkb:North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre gptkb:Bell_AH-1_Cobra gptkb:Boeing_CH-47_Chinook gptkb:Beechcraft_U-8_Seminole gptkb:Cessna_O-1_Bird_Dog gptkb:Cessna_U-3_Blue_Canoe gptkb:Douglas_AC-47_Spooky gptkb:North_American_T-28_Trojan Bell UH-1 Huey Helio U-10 Courier
gptkbp:notableEvent	Attack on Pleiku (1965)
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:1st_Air_Commando_Squadron gptkb:9th_Air_Commando_Squadron 187th Assault Helicopter Company 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron 362nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 604th Air Commando Squadron 633d Combat Support Group 6th Air Commando Squadron Pleiku Detachment, 20th Helicopter Squadron
gptkbp:opened	1962
gptkbp:runwaySurface	asphalt
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Vietnam_People's_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Air_Force gptkb:South_Vietnamese_Air_Force
gptkbp:usedDuring	gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5