[1] Following the partition of Vietnam in 1954, the French Air Force conducted Grumman F8F Bearcat transition training for the RVNAF at the airfield.

[1] In June 1961 Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam awarded a contract to Bourne Associates for airfield pavement evaluation at the base.

[2]: 23 In December 1962 the United States Army's 1st Aviation Company (Fixed-wing Light Transport) equipped with CV-2 Caribous moved to Vung Tau from Thailand.

[3]: 40  In December 1964 a detachment from the United States Air Force (USAF) 8th Aerial Port Squadron began operating at the base.

A large program began for an Army support facility, including a control tower, troop cantonment, mess-hall, petroleum, oil and lubricants storage, a network of area roads, a 750 kilowatt electrical power system, new aircraft aprons and warehouses, an array of Quonset huts for aircraft maintenance and a communications building.

[5]: 22  In mid-June the units moved to Bien Hoa Air Base to join the rest of the Brigade.

[4]: 200  From July to December 1966, in accordance with the Johnson-McConnell agreement, the USAF took over the ex-Army Caribou transport aircraft in South Vietnam.

[8] The United States Navy's HA(L)-3 equipped with Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter gunships was formed at the base on 1 April 1967.

The flight operated from the base and surrounding airfields and landing zones until its withdrawal to Australia in late 1971.

RAAF C-130s also operated regular flights to the base, bringing in equipment and evacuating casualties.