This picture was taken looking due South, 1971 vintage. The runway is the Phu Bai Airstrip. The hangar in the center of the picture is the hangar C Troop, 2/17th Air Cavalry shared with the 4/77th ARA unit. The South China Sea is to the left of the picture. Camp Eagle and the 101st Airborne Division HQ would be to the right of the picture (West) as is the highway QL1. The smaller building immediately to the right of the hangar was the Allied Shops maintenance hangar. Aircraft hydraulics, electronics, sheet metal repair, cobra and huey engine shop, and OH-6 LOH Maint teams, worked out of this shop. The 85th Evac Hospital was located on the other side of the runway to the right border of the picture. The A Shau Valley and Hamburger Hill (Dong AP Bia) would be located about 15 -20 miles from the upper right portion of this picture on a southwesterly heading. The 5th Transportation Bn Helicopter Repair facility was located in a hangar to the left of this picture, on the same side of the runway the C Troop 2/17th hangar was located, and at the east end of the runway. It is not in the view of this picture. To the right bottom portion of this picture, and outside the Phu Bai Airstrip perimeter wire, was the ARVN Basic Training Camp. It is not in the view of this picture.
