PEDRO Pad at Phan Rang AB, photo taken by Mr. Jim Travis, Dec 1966
HH-43 OPERATION from PhanRang Airbase, RVN
The
first HH-43 unit at Phan Rang AB was DET.1, 38 ARRS which was
established here on 15 January 1966.
DET.1 was formerly based at Nakhon
Phanom AB (NKP) in Thailand.
PEDRO Pad at Phan Rang AB, photo taken
by Mr. Jim Travis, Dec 1966
| DET.1
, 38 ARRS , 3 ARRG , PARRC
from 15 Jan 1966 until 08 Feb 1969 The first HH-43B delivered to the unit was 59-1590 , which came from DET.5, Udorn AB on 13 March 1966 The second HH-43B was 58-1845, delivered from DET.4, Korat AB on 14 March 1966 58-1845 crashed on 10 October 1968 It was replaced by 60-0253, delivered from DET.8 , Cam Rhan Bay AB on 11 October 1968 |
THE BEGINNING
- 1966
The following pictures were taken by Mr. Jim Travis, at the time
S/Sgt James Travis, Engine Mech & Supply Sgt. who
was assigned to
DET.1 during 1966 and 1967.
I
am extremely thankful to Mr. Travis for these most exclusive pictures.
Larger
size copies of the pictures can be found on the following pages PhanRang-Page1
PhanRang-Page2 PhanRang-Page3 
| DET.1 , 38 ARRS , 3 ARRG , 41 ARRW from 08 Feb 1969 until 01 July 1971 |
| DET.1 , 3 ARRG , 41 ARRW from 01 July 1971 until deactivation on 31 Jan 1972 |
The organizational information presented here, is taken
from official documents gained from the AFHRA at Maxwell AFB, AL
(researched by
Johan D. Ragay)