| Date: 5 January 1966 |
| Aircraft type: O-1E Bird Dog |
| Serial Number: 56-4171 |
| Military Unit: probably 20 TASS, 505 TACG |
| Service: USAF |
| Home Base: Da Nang detached to Khe Sanh |
| Name(s): |
| no aircrew involved () |
| A mortar attack at the Khe Sanh Special Forces Camp destroyed a USAF Bird Dog. The strategic location of Khe Sanh close to the DMZ and the Laotian border became even more important as North Vietnamese forces started to infiltrate into the area in large numbers at this time. Khe Sanh was also an important forward operating base for the FAC aircraft that controlled strikes in the Tiger Hound region of southern Laos and around the DMZ. |
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