 Under the Mutual Defence Assistance Program, the US delivered 28 F8Fs, 35 C-47s and 60 L-19s to the RVNAF to equip the planned expansion.On 19 September 1955 the French turned over Tourane Airfield to the RVNAF, at the time the base had a runway, with potential extension of at least .On 1 June 1957 all RVNAF training responsibility passed from the French to the United States.