Pingtung Airbase
22°40'N 120°28'E
Pingtung Airbase is home to the 439th Troop Carrier and ASW Combined Wing, which includes two squadrons [ 33 Sqn & 34 Sqn] S-2T aircraft owned by Navy, as well as two squadrons [101 Sqn & 102 Sqn] which fly C-130H tansports, and one squadron [103 Sqn] flying the C-119G/L transport aircraft. As of the late 1990s, the longest runway at Pingtung North was reportedly 8,000 feet long, while the longest runway at Pingtung South was reportedly 7,817 feet long.
Sources and Methods
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/taiwan/facility/pingtung.htm
Created by John Pike, Tim Brown and Charles Vick
Created by John Pike
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Updated Saturday, April 01, 2000 4:07:44 AM
