Phnom Penh (VDPP) - Rwy: 05/23 -
Pos: 11° 32' 47.60" N 104° 50' 38.90" E - Elev 40 feet
The old name for this air base is
Pochentong airbase
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SOURCES : www.scramble.nl/kh.htm , www.mig-21.de/english/cambodia.htm - On this page you can find the aircraft order of battle of the Cambodian Air Force. Also we present links to TerraServer and Microsoft's Expediamaps services: When available for an airbase you will find a link to a satellite picture and map of the airbases' neighbourhood. Note that information from Cambodia is sparse. While every effort has been made to be as accurate as possible reality might differ from the picture below. If you have corrections or additions please send them to us !
Phnom Penh (VDPP) - Rwy: 05/23 -
Pos: 11° 32' 47.60" N 104° 50' 38.90" E - Elev 40 feet
The old name for this air base is
Pochentong airbase
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P92 Echo Helicopter Squadron
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Transport Squadron
Y-12 BN-2A-21 Fighter Squadron
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Council of Ministry
VIP Sqn AS350B AS365N An-24RV Ce402 Ce421 Falcon 20E Mi-17 |
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Photo : Dick Lohuis |
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Photo : Dick Lohuis |
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People's Republic of Cambodia - More than 20 years after the
end of the power of the Red Khmer, Cambodia still suffers from the results
of the wiping out campaign against the own population. Among the victims
were also most pilots of the Cambodian Air Force,
a bloodletting of which the small force hasn't recovered to this day. Only
in 1985, seven years after the fall of the China-supported Pol Pot regime
it was possible to start to rebuild the Cambodian Air Force. This was done
with assistance of Vietnam which had made the fall of the Red Khmer possible
with its military engagement and the Soviet Union. The latter delivered
second-hand
MiG-21bis and MiG-21UM from 1986 on.
Kingdom of Cambodia - In 1992 the UNO brokered an armistice
to end the civil war raging since the end of the Khmer Rouge rule. Extensive
disarmament of the war parties was part of the agreements. So the (then
sporadic) flying service of the MiG-21s ended and in accordance with the
armistice agreement the aircraft were due to be scrapped.
But
that did not happen. Instead in 1996 the governments of Cambodia and
Israel signed an agreement about the upgrade of 12 MiG-21bis and two MiG-21UM
to MiG-21 2000 standard. The program has been considerably delayed or even
was stopped completely because of insolvency of the
Cambodians. According to unconfirmed reports at least some aircraft
have been delivered, others were seen in Namibia (!).
Most of the Cambodian MiG-21s are non-operational and in open storage at Pochentong air base. (Photo: Dr. István Toperczer) |
Among the stored aircraft is this MiG-21UM. (Photo: Michel Klaver) |
N.P. : We have seen why no Cambodian plane took off and met with the Thai F-16s which violated Cambodia air space from May 2nd to May 4th. The latter intrusions coincided with the visiting Cambodia by a French warship named Le Marne at Sihanoukville. On January 17, 1941, 40% of Thai navy moored at Koh Chang were destroyed by 5 colonial French warships departing from Ream, Cambodia : Le Lamotte-Picquet, Le Dumont-d'Urville, L'Amiral-Charner, Le Tahour et Le Marne (see Kampuchea Ning Sahapoanth Indouchen, http://geocities.com/sievphovkhmer/Kam4a.pdf). The incident also occured during the formation of the Cambodian Supreme Border Council. The Thais gave a message to the Khmers : You want your legitimate and legal borders. Are you able and willing to defend them?
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