In Tom Clancy's 1986 techno-thriller Red Storm Rising, the base at Cam Ranh Bay is described as being devoid of unusual Soviet air and naval activity, suggesting to NATO, US & Japanese analysts that the imminent Soviet offensive will be confined to Europe, limiting the scope of the war to reduce the possibility of escalation.
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As United States military forces began to increase in Indochina, more and more equipment moved into first Tan Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam, then to Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base, near Bangkok, and in early 1965 to the huge new Cam Ranh Air Base with the jet C-141 Starlifter transports.
The United States Air Force operated a large cargo/airlift facility called Cam Ranh Air Base, which was also used as a tactical fighter base.