The Don Englebreston Collection

Aerial Bomb Storage Dump at Qui Nhon Air Base, South Vietnam, 1965

Aerial Bomb Storage Dump at Qui Nhon Air Base, South Vietnam, 1965

Rows of aerial bombs sit ready for loading at the ammunition supply point at Qui Nhon Air Base in 1965. As American air operations expanded rapidly in the early years of the Vietnam War, bases like Qui Nhon built extensive ordnance storage areas — protected by sandbag revetments — to keep pace with the demand for close air support and strike missions. Project: 219925