Muang Phalan TACAN Site

Muang Phalan TACAN Site
Coordinates 16°39′29″N 105°33′40″E / 16.658°N 105.561°E / 16.658; 105.561 (Muan Phalan TACAN Site)
Type Air Force
Site information
Condition abandoned
Site history
Built 1967
In use 1967
Battles/wars
Vietnam War
Garrison information
Occupants 1st Mobile Communications Group

Muang Phalan TACAN Site (also known as Lima Site 61 or LS 61) was a U.S. Air Force facility built in the village of Muang Phalan, Laos, during the Vietnam War.

History

Muang Phalan TACAN Site was established by the U.S. Air Force in April 1967 as part of Operation Bright Light to create a network of TACAN sites to support air operations over southern Laos and Vietnam. The site operated as TACAN Channel 77.[1][2]

On 25 December 1967 the site was attacked by the People's Army of Vietnam (North Vietnam) who overran the facility killing the two "sheep-dipped" technicians from the 1st Mobile Communications Group.[1] A replacement TACAN site was installed at Mukdahan, Thailand.[2]

Current use

The site is abandoned and turned over to farmland and housing.

See also

Lima Site 85

References

  1. 1 2 Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–346. ISBN 978-1555716257.
  2. 1 2 "CHECO USAF Report Operations from Thailand 1 January 1967 to 1 July 1968" (PDF). Headquarters, Pacific Air Force. p. 54.


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