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| Date: | Saturday 15 July 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed EC-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-1815 |
| MSN: | 3777 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Da Nang Air Base (DAD) -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The Da Nang Air Base was attacked by Communist troops, firing rockets from a mountainside. They fired about 50 rounds of 120 and 140 mm rockets at the base, destroying several planes and killing 12 men.
Sources:
Pacific Stars and Stripes, 16-7-1967
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