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Yankee Station (officially Point Yankee) was a fixed coordinate off the coast of Vietnam where U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and support ships operated in open waters over a nine-year period during the Vietnam War.
The U.S. Navy’s air war began in 1963 with “Yankee Team” reconnaissance flights launched from Tonkin Gulf–based aircraft carriers. Nominally supporting the Laotian government in Vientiane, Washington approved overflights to track the antigovernment Pathet Lao movement, which was allied with Hanoi.
3 mar 2019 · English: A map of Vietnam, showing the approximate postions of the U.S. Navy units in the Gulf of Tonkin, circa in 1969-1970. "Yankee Station": operating area of the aircraft carriers; "PIRAZ": Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone, a cruiser providing radar coverage on parts of North Vietnam;
Yankee Station (officially Point Yankee) was a fixed coordinate off the coast of Vietnam where U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and support ships operated in open waters over a nine-year period during the Vietnam War. The location was used primarily by aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 to launch strikes over North Vietnam. While the coordinate's ...
Satellite map of Yankee Station. Yankee Station was a point in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam used by the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 to launch strikes in the Vietnam War. While its official designation was "Point Yankee", it was universally referred to as Yankee Station.
7 sty 2020 · A new interactive map could help ill Vietnam veterans who served on U.S. ships during the war determine whether they could be eligible for Agent Orange-related benefits.
Yankee Station. Coordinates: 17°30′00″N 108°30′00″E. Location of Yankee Station in the South China Sea. Yankee Station was a point in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam used by the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 to launch strikes in the Vietnam War.
