 On the morning of 30 March the Regional Forces defending the base abandoned their positions and by afternoon the base was under attack by VC who were held back by the base security forces.With more VC gathering for renewed attacks, the base commander contacted the 92nd Air Wing at Phan Rang AB for help.The Wing commander, Colonel Le Van Thao organised a flight of 40 A-37s and they carried out a night attack on the base perimeter successfully breaking up the attack.