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2 unusual facts about 374th Airlift Wing


374th Airlift Wing

During the recovery of the SS Mayaguez from the Cambodians in May 1975, a wing aircraft dropped a 15,000-lb bomb on Koh Tang Island to create a helicopter landing area.

In the spring of 1972, after most American ground forces had been withdrawn, the North Vietnamese Communists launched a major offensive as they invaded South Vietnam during Easter.



see also

459th

459th Airlift Squadron (459 AS), part of the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan