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| Date: | Monday 29 July 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed HC-130P Combat King |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 66-0218 |
| MSN: | 4174 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Tuy Hoa Airport (TBB) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
A group of about nine Viet Cong soldiers infiltrated the U.S. Air Base at Tuy Hoa, firing rocket-propelled grenades and hurling satchel charges. Two C-130 Hercules planes were destroyed in the attack: 66-0214 (msn 4164) and 66-0218 (msn 4174).
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
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