Logistical Support of Airmobile Operations information
for USAASC
339 TC CO
611 TC CO
For date 621005
USAASC was a US Army unit
339 TC CO was a US Army unit
611 TC CO was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
South Vietnam
Location, Vung Tau
Description: The following is the twelvth installment (an extract) from the US Army Aviation System Command, March 1971 publication titled: "Logistical Support of Airmobile Operations, Republic of Vietnam, 1961-1971"
The first maintenance company to arrive in-country was the 339th Transportation Company (Direct Support). It deployed from Fort Riley, Kansas, in early 1962 and was positioned at Nha Trang. The mission of this unit was to support the 18th Aviation Company and provide back-up support to the field maintenance detachments operating with the helicopter companies. (The distance between the 339th and some of its supported units was such that effective support was almost impossible. This situation was alleviated considerably when the 611th Transportation Company (DS) was positioned at Vung Tau in the fall of 1962. The 611th assumed responsibility for back-up support of aviation units operating in the southern sector of RVN. (Supply personnel of the 611th and 339th were displaced to Saigon in late 1962 and provisionally established operation of the Aviation Supply Point.) In the first two years of operation, the 611th recovered 139 downed aircraft, including 54 CH-21s and 43 UH-1s.(12,15,27)
The source for this information was 34 GS Grp CD prepared by George G. Reese Jr. contains scan copies of the manual
Additional information is available on CD-ROM.
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