Marble mountain air facility mmaf also known as da nang east airfield marble mountain army airfield and nuoc man airfield was an aviation facility used primarily by the united states marine corps during the vietnam war it was a helicopter facility that was constructed in august 1965 and served as home to marine aircraft group 16 mag 16 the 5th special forces group and an assortment of.
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Marble mountain air facility mmaf was an aviation facility used primarily by the united states marine corps during the vietnam war it was a helicopter facility that was constructed in august 1965 and served as home to marine aircraft group 16 the 5th special forces group and an assortment of other squadrons until may 1971.
All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels.
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It has since been rebuilt and no signs of war can be seen today.
It was controlled by the united states army from may 1971 through.
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Back in the feudal war lord years all the war lords stored their gold and jewels inside marble mountain.
Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward.
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Marble mountain air facility mmaf also known as da nang east airfield and marble mountain army airfield was an aviation facility used primarily by the united states marine corps during the vietnam war it was a helicopter facility that was constructed in august 1965 and served as home to marine aircraft group 16 mag 16 the 5th special forces group and an assortment of other squadrons.
Marble mountain air facility has the greatest scenery of all the us military bases in vietnam hands down.
There was a road that ran between crow s nest and marble mountain from danang through the mountain and about eight miles down to 3rd battalion 1st marine.
It is also known as the da nang east airfield primarily built as a helicopter base mainly used by the marine forces.