Here is a picture of one of our F100's at Phan Rang taking off as a rocket hits close to the runway. The year I was at Phan Rang, we had tons of rocket, mortar and sapper attacks. Sappers would strip naked, throw their explosives over the perimeter (barb wire, claymores, etc) and could go right through if they weren't seen or caught. They would then get close to the aircraft and try and blow a few of them up. I remember one time, when I was at a security police friend of mine's office, seeing photos of dead VC who were killed the previous night and seeing my Barber from the Phan Rang Barbershop. The military bases hired Vietnamese to supplement the military, plus it was good PR.
