Long Tieng

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Long Tieng was a secretive military base and airstrip in Laos that served as the main stronghold for CIA-backed Hmong forces during the Laotian Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airstrip
military base
settlement
alternativeName Long Cheng NERFINISHED
Long Chieng NERFINISHED
associatedWith Hmong leader Vang Pao
codeName Lima Site 20A NERFINISHED
controlledBy Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED
Royal Lao Government NERFINISHED
country Laos NERFINISHED
evacuatedIn 1975
garrisonedBy Hmong guerrilla army NERFINISHED
Royal Lao Army units NERFINISHED
Thai mercenary forces
hasFunction air transport hub
intelligence operations center
military headquarters
hasRunwaySurface paved
knownFor being one of the busiest airports in the world by traffic during the war
role in the Secret War in Laos
secrecy
languageOfToponym Lao
locatedIn Xiangkhouang Province NERFINISHED
northeastern Laos
opposedBy North Vietnamese Army NERFINISHED
Pathet Lao NERFINISHED
partOf Secret War in Laos NERFINISHED
primaryUsers CIA-backed guerrillas
Hmong forces
servedAs forward operating base for air operations
logistics hub for anti-communist operations in Laos
main stronghold for CIA-backed Hmong forces
significance key anti-communist stronghold in Laos
major base for covert U.S. operations in Indochina
status largely abandoned after 1975
supportedBy Air America NERFINISHED
CIA Special Activities Division NERFINISHED
United States Air Force NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1960s
early 1970s
usedDuringConflict Laotian Civil War NERFINISHED
Vietnam War NERFINISHED
usedFor close air support operations
refugee evacuation
troop transport

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Hmong forces baseRegion Long Tieng
Secret War coordinatedFrom Long Tieng