Phu Pha Thai place
also: Project 404
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Hmong peopleorganization · 2Pony Expressorganization · 2United Statescountry · 2North Vietnameseorganization · 1Communist Party of Chinaorganization · 1Soviet Unioncountry · 1Joseph Bushperson · 1Vietnamcountry · 1Vang Paoperson · 1
Claims (4)
United States supplied_arms_to
Phu Pha Thai book_quoted
“clandestine units with a new mission in support of the air war. Accurate bombing required accurate navigation, leading the Air Force to put a radio beacon atop a sacred mountain called Phu Pha Thai. Later, a radar was added and helicopters …”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 31:56
Pony Express supplied_arms_to
Phu Pha Thai book_quoted
“was called Project 404. It became a Lima site designated as 85. Pony Express lifted 150 tons of equipment to the site for the radar installation and a dozen Americans were required to run the equipment. Fang Pao's Hmong were asked to defend…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 32:24
Vang Pao supplied_arms_to
Phu Pha Thai book_quoted
“was called Project 404. It became a Lima site designated as 85. Pony Express lifted 150 tons of equipment to the site for the radar installation and a dozen Americans were required to run the equipment. Fang Pao's Hmong were asked to defend…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 32:24
North Vietnamese carried_out_attack
Phu Pha Thai book_quoted
“The North Vietnamese made a concerted effort to knock out this installation. In one of the few recorded instances of North Vietnamese bombing, in January 1968, two Soviet-built transports modified to carry bombs were actually shot down atte…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 33:40
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clandestine units with a new mission in support of the air war. Accurate bombing required accurate navigation, leading the Air Force to put a radio beacon atop a sacred mountain called Phu Pha Thai. Later, a radar was added and helicopters …
▶ 32:24
was called Project 404. It became a Lima site designated as 85. Pony Express lifted 150 tons of equipment to the site for the radar installation and a dozen Americans were required to run the equipment. Fang Pao's Hmong were asked to defend…
▶ 32:51
was not a backwater, but rather the front lines in the effort of Laos. And, let's see, Pony Express was still helicoptering in equipment to the Site 85 when the Paiute and Lao preparations for the 1968 dry season offensive made it clear tha…
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was shot down during its approach for landing in December 1967. Within months, government forces had been ejected from most of the site. Now, Phu Pha Thai did not escape the adversary's attention.…
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The North Vietnamese made a concerted effort to knock out this installation. In one of the few recorded instances of North Vietnamese bombing, in January 1968, two Soviet-built transports modified to carry bombs were actually shot down atte…
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fatality. Captain Joseph Bush killed on February 10, 1969. In rapid succession, the press revealed several other incidents where Americans had been killed, including radar base at Phu Pha Thai. The Nixon administration countered with a new …