FS2004 Nam Phong RTAFB Vietnam, Late 60’s Scenery
FS2004 Nam Phong RTAFB Vietnam, Late 60’s Scenery. A model of Nam Phong RTAFB as it appeared in mid-1972 when much of it was still under construction. Nam Phong was originally an obscure Thai Air Force training base located about 60 miles south-southeast of the large USAF/Air America facility at Udorn. In response to increasing NVA attacks in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam, the US Marine Corps transferred three fighter/attack squadrons (known as “Task Force Delta”) from Da Nang to Nam Phong. A new 10,000 ft. concrete runway was built, and roads, aircraft parking and housing/storage areas were hacked out of the jungle by a joint USN/USMC engineering team. Nam Phong was nicknamed “the Rose Garden” in jest due to the extremely primitive conditions that existed there when the Marines first arrived. The nickname was borrowed from the Marine Corps advertising slogan, “We don’t promise you a rose garden”, which in turn was inspired by the lyrics of a popular country & western song by Lynn Anderson. The three USMC fighter/attack squadrons that took up permanent residence at Nam Phong were the VMFA-115 “Silver Eagles”, the VMFA-232 “Red Devils”, and the VMA(AW) -533 “Nighthawks”. Note: This scenery requires installation of the trees_v3.zip object library by Gerrish Gray (here).. George Knowles. 612K
