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Ta Con Airport

Ta Con Airport

Ta Con airport relic area is located in Hoa Thanh village, Tan Hop commune, Huong Hoa district, Quang Tri province. With a terrain like a valley surrounded by hills and mountains, Ta Con airport was one of the strategic military bases of the US army in the years 1966 - 1968 at the Khe Sanh battlefield. Near the border, located on National Highway 9 connecting Dong Ha (Vietnam with Southern Laos), this place has an important military strategic position not only on the Quang Tri battlefield but also in the Indochina region. That's why Khe Sanh was used by the US military as a springboard for ground operations. Ta Con Airport was built with the purpose of allowing reconnaissance aircraft to check and point out many raiding, blocking and cutting off Ho Chi Minh routes. In particular, located in the Namara electronic fence system stretching from Cua Tung beach to the border area, Khe Sanh base is determined to be the center. Therefore, the US military built the most solid defense group in the US in the southern region of Vietnam, including bases: Lang Vay, Huong Hoa Military Branch - a cluster of defensive bases at Ta Con airport. . And the Ta Con stronghold cluster - Ta Con airport, is considered a construction center with a scale of 2km long, 1km wide, including many sub-bases with dense fortifications and a large airport. The airport has an area of ​​about 10,000 square meters located in the middle of the base with a runway paved with thousands of tons of aluminum and iron rims. This place became the take-off and landing place for armed helicopters, combat jets and even heavy military transport aircraft such as C130 and C123. In the airport area, there is a base command headquarters, an airport command post, a communication station... and a dense system of defensive fortifications. Outside is a loose wire fence and large minefields. Along with modern military equipment and an important location, Ta Con airport and adjacent high points formed a continuous, mobile defense position, considered by the US and puppet troops at that time to be the most important. the most "hard" position in the entire Khe Sanh base group system. And Ta Con airport is considered by the US military as an invincible fortress Here, faced with the power of the Vietnam People's Army's attacks to liberate Khe Sanh from February to July 1968, the US military had no choice but to launch a tactical withdrawal by air force to saved thousands of American soldiers. Exactly 55 years ago, on July 9, 1968, our army's victory flag flew over Ta Con airport base. The Route 9-Khe Sanh campaign ended with a resounding victory. Khe Sanh - Huong Hoa was the first district of Quang Tri and the South to be completely liberated and created firm confidence for our army and people to advance to complete victory, liberate the South, and unify the country. At the current Ta Con airport relic site, the Museum of Street 9 - Khe Sanh is a place to display hundreds of valuable historical and scientific artifacts. Along with that, the tunnel system, air traffic observation tower... were restored within the airport campus. In 1986, Ta Con airport relics were ranked as national relics. This place also displays outdoor artifacts such as airplanes, tanks, artillery and dozens of bomb and bullet casings. These are the weapons and means of war that the US military used to fight at the Khe Sanh - Ta Con battlefield 55 years ago. Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

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