FS2004 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Vietnam
FS2004 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Vietnam. The site of one of the most famous battles of the Vietnam War. Khe Sanh was originally an obscure Army Special Forces camp perched atop a small plateau in the extreme northwestern corner of South Vietnam near the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Later, 6,000 US Marines of the 13th and 26th regiments, and the 37th ARVN Ranger Batallion were deployed there. In early 1968, Khe Sanh suddenly emerged from obscurity and became front page news all over the world when it was besieged for 75 days by a force of approximately 40,000 North Vietnamese troops. The application of massive US airpower, including B-52 strikes, eventually forced the enemy to withdraw. The model represents Khe Sanh as it was in late 1967, just prior to the start of the siege. (During the siege, virtually everything above ground, including the runway, was destroyed by intense artillery, rocket, and mortar fire. At that time, the base looked more like a prairie dog town or the cratered surface of the moon.) This scenery was designed for FS 2002 but it should work in FS 2004. George Knowles. 824K
