Phou Khao Kham

Phou Khai Kham
Part of Laotian Civil War; Vietnam War
Date 5 August – 21 September 1971 Location Sala Phou Khoun and Muang Soui in northern Laos Result Royalists take Muang Soui, do not take Sala Phou Khoun
Belligerents
Kingdom of Laos Supported by  United States	Pathet Lao Supported by  North Vietnam  Soviet Union  People's Republic of China
Units involved
Bataillon Commando 206 Bataillon Infanterie 6 Commando Raiders 21st Special Operations Squadron Royal Lao Air Force U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraiders	At least one battalion
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Phou Khao Kham (Gold Mountain), (5 August – 25 September 1971) was a Royal Lao Government military offensive operation of the Laotian Civil War designed to clear Communist forces off Routes 13 and 7 north of the administrative capital of Vientiane. Its end objective was the capture of the forward fighter base at Muang Soui on the Plain of Jars. Although it succeeded in taking the air base, it failed to remove a concentration of Communist troops at the Sala Phou Khoun intersection of Routes 7 and 13.