Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase

Date

February 6, 1965

Location

14°0′17.7″N 108°1′1.7″E / 14.004917, 108.017139Coordinates: 14°0′17.7″N 108°1′1.7″E / 14.004917, 108.017139
Pleiku, South Vietnam

UTM Grid AR 804-470¹

Result

Viet Cong tactical victory; United States launched Operation Flaming Dart in retaliation

v • d • e

Battles and operations
of the Vietnam War

1st Ap Bac – Go Cong – Hiep Hoa – Chan La – 34A – Long Dinh – Quyet Thang 202 – Nam Dong – Gulf of Tonkin – An Lao – Bình Gia – Pleiku – Market Time – Vung Ro Bay – Thanh Hoa Bridge – Song Be – Ba Gia – Đồng Xoài – Starlite – Chu Lai – Plei Me – Hump – Gang Toi – Ia Drang – Game Warden – Sea Dragon – Crimp – Masher/White Wing – Cu Nghi – Kim Son – A Shau – Birmingham – Xa Cam My – Hastings – Prairie – Đức Cơ – Long Tần – Beaver Cage – Attleboro – Deckhouse Five – Cedar Falls – Tuscaloosa – Tra Binh Dong – Bribie – Junction City – Union – Hill 881 – 2nd Ap Bac – Malheur I and Malheur II – Nine Days in May – Union II – Vinh Huy – Buffalo – Con Thien – July Two – Hong Kil Dong – Swift – Wheeler/Wallowa – 1st Loc Ninh – Medina – Ong Thanh – Dak To – Phoenix – 1st Tet – Khe Sanh – Ban Houei Sane – 1st Saigon – Huế – Lang Vei – Lima Site 85 – May '68 – Kham Duc – Duc Lap – Sealords – Speedy Express – Dewey Canyon – 2nd Tet – Apache Snow – Hamburger Hill – Binh Ba – LZ Kate – Bu Prang – Chicago Peak – Texas Star – Cambodia – Kompong Speu – Prey Veng – Snuol – FSB Ripcord – Tailwind – Chenla I – Jefferson Glenn – Son Tay Raid – Lam Son 719 – Chenla II – Ban Dong – Hill 723 – FSB Mary Ann – Easter '72 – 1st Quảng Trị – 2nd Loc Ninh – An Lộc – Đồng Hới – Dong Ha – Kontum – 2nd Quảng Trị – End Sweep – Iron Triangle – Svay Rieng – Phuoc Long – Ho Chi Minh – Buôn Ma Thuột – New Life – Xuân Lộc – Truong Sa – 2nd Saigon – SS Mayagüez

Air operations
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