Sky Base place
also: Sky, base
Explore in graph → Export claims (CSV) ↓
Related entities (most co-mentioned)
Laoscountry · 2Hmong peopleorganization · 2Okinawaplace · 1Air Americaorganization · 1Vang Paoperson · 1Long Tiengplace · 1Radio of the Union of Lao Racesorganization · 1Communication Centerplace · 1Propaganda Outletplace · 1Thai Teamsplace · 1CIAintelligence service · 1Supply Deliveriesplace · 1Thailandcountry · 1
Claims (0)
Mentions (4)
▶ 9:09
Because Air America owned no C-130s, the Air Force lent it some for their special air warfare from their E-flight at Okinawa. Of four Air America crews trained on C-130s in the mid-1960s, one was left by 1970. So the hub of the Hmong War wa…
▶ 9:39
because it was located high atop a mountain, well, in a valley where it had very high mountains on both sides. Sky boasted of an increasingly well-developed airbase with a long runway, good radio navigation beacons, and all-weather landing …
▶ 10:05
planes would land and take off every few seconds. There were flight lines on both sides of a concrete airstrip. And I actually saw what was the remains of this in one of the flights that we took when we were in Laos. It's crazy looking at i…
▶ 19:09
and all-weather landing systems. That was the exception. Sky had a sophisticated communication center, as well as the Hmong propaganda outlet Radio of the Union of Lao Races. That's basically Radio Free Europe for Laos. The CIA base at Sky …