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LAOS LONG TIENG

19 images Created 18 Feb 2022

Once described as 'The Most Secret Place on Earth', Long Tieng, formerly the main operating base for the CIA's Air America during it's covert war in Laos.

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  • Present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) once the main operating base for the CIA's Air America during the covert war in Laos. Never appearing on any map or public document yet once the busiest military airport in the world, Long Tieng was described for many years as 'The Most Secret Place on Earth'
    Long Tieng LA1057XCO2.jpg
  • Runway at present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) from jungle road approaching Nam Tia.
    Long Tieng LAO1029BW2.jpg
  • Present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng). The 1260m-long runway of former Lima Site 20A looking towards the Karst outcrops, the notorious 'vertical speed brake' for Air America pilots. Long Tieng was described for many years as 'The Most Secret Place on Earth'
    Long Tieng LAO1182BW2.jpg
  • Children on the runway of present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng). This was main operating base for the Central Intelligence Agency air assets (Air America) during the covert war in Laos.
    Long Tieng LAO1111BW2.jpg
  • Runway of Lima Site 20A looking towards the former CIA headquarters with Karst outcrops the, notorious 'vertical speed brake' at present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng).
    Long Tieng LAO1066BW2.jpg
  • Children in present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) village.
    Long Tieng LAO1062BW2.jpg
  • Children on the 1260m-long runway of of present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) formerly Lima Site 20A, the main operating base for the Central Intelligence Agency air assets (Air America) during their covert war in Laos.
    Long Tieng LAO1130BW2.jpg
  • Runway of Lima Site 20A at present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng). Air America was described for many years as 'The Most Secret Place on Earth'
    Long Tieng LAO1099XQ.jpg
  • Traditional storehouses at present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) village.
    Long Tieng LAO1201BW2.jpg
  • Former Air America parking ramp at Long Cheng (Long Tieng)
    Long Tieng LAO1102BW2.jpg
  • Vintage fuel pump at present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) village
    Long Tieng LAO1206BW2.jpg
  • Village women sowing crops following forest clearance outside Long Tieng
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  • Present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng). Cow on the 1260m-long runway of former Lima Site 20A
    Long Tieng LAO1087BW2.jpg
  • Runway at present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) from jungle road approaching Nam Tia. From the early 60s until 1975 this was the main operating base for the Central Intelligence Agency air assets (Air America) during the covert war in Laos. Never appearing on any map or public document yet once the busiest military airport in the world, Long Tieng was described for many years as 'The Most Secret Place on Earth'
    Long Tieng LAO1034BW2.jpg
  • Present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng). From the early 60s until 1975 this was the main operating base for the Central Intelligence Agency air assets (Air America) during their covert war in Laos. Never appearing on any map or public document yet once the busiest military airport in the world, Long Tieng was described for many years as 'The Most Secret Place on Earth'<br />
Headquarters to over 25,000 CIA led Hmong guerilla fighters, Thai regulars and mercenaries in their fight against NVA and Pathet Lao forces. The CIA called the effort 'the largest paramilitary operations ever undertaken by the CIA'.
    Long Tieng LAO1056BW2.jpg
  • Present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) from the former T28 parking ramp looking towards Karst outcrops.
    Long Tieng LAO1162XBW2.jpg
  • 'The Most Secret Place on Earth' Lima Site 20A looking towards the former CIA headquarters.
    Long Tieng LAO1180BW2.jpg
  • Former Air America parking ramp at Long Cheng (Long Tieng)
    Long Tieng LAO1103BW2.jpg
  • Present day Long Cheng (Long Tieng) once the main operating base for the CIA's Air America during the covert war in Laos. Never appearing on any map or public document yet once the busiest military airport in the world, Long Tieng was described for many years as 'The Most Secret Place on Earth'
    Long Tieng LAO1057BW2.jpg
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