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Lima Site 85: How a CIA Helicopter Defended a Secret U.S. Radar Facility
During the Vietnam War, a CIA-operated Bell 205 helicopter made history by shooting down a modified North Vietnamese An-2 bomber near Lima Site 85, a secret U.S. radar facility in Laos. This event, marked by ingenuity and daring, showcased the unconventional warfare tactics that defined the conflict
In the history of covert military operations, few incidents match the audacity and engineering of the shootdown of a modified North Vietnamese An-2 transport plane converted to a bomber by a CIA-operated helicopter in Laos. AdsThe stage for this incident was Lima Site 85, a secret United States Air Force radar installation located atop Phou Pha Thi, a remote mountain in northeastern Laos. On a tense morning in early 1968, a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) An-2 approached Lima Site 85, aiming to disrupt operations and test the defenses of the highly classified installation.
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