The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Several United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft lie damaged near the airstrip of Bien Hoa Air Base after the Viet Cong launched a mortar attack on the base on the night of 23-24 August 1965. Eleven aircraft were damaged, three jet engines destroyed, and 24 American and five Vietnamese servicemen were wounded in the attack.
Several United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft lie damaged near the airstrip of Bien Hoa Air Base after the Viet Cong launched a mortar attack on the base on the night of 23-24 August 1965. Eleven ai
From the campsite that 1RAR is just about to establish on the northern edge of the Bien Hoa Air Base, battalion members and Vietnamese children look towards two Canberra bombers of No. 2 Squadron RAAF
Two members of 1RAR (right) erect a tent as the battalion begins to establish its camp on the northern edge of the Bien Hoa Air Base soon after its arrival in Vietnam. Other diggers take stock of the
Near the airstrip at the Bien Hoa Air Base, members of 1RAR have boarded several US Army Reo M35 6x6 2½-ton cargo trucks which are about to transport them to the starting point for an operation.
Near the airstrip at the Bien Hoa Air Base, members of 1RAR sit with their packs and L1A1 Self Loading Rifles (SLRs) in the back of a US Army Reo M35 6x6 2½-ton cargo truck which is about to transport
Near the airstrip at the Bien Hoa Air Base, members of 1RAR board two Land Rovers (left) on each of which a 7.62mm M60 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) has been mounted. A US Army Reo M35 6x6 2½-ton