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The first "Wild Weasel" aircraft came to Takhli in 1966. The Wild Weasel concept was originally proposed in 1965 as a method of countering the increasing North
Vietnamese SAM threat, using volunteer crews. The mission of the Wild Weasels was to eliminate surface-to-air missile sites in North Vietnam.
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Congressional Medal of Honor on another F-105 mission from Takhli. Thorsness destroyed one SAM site with a missile, bombed another, shot down a MiG, damaged another, and repeatedly chased or lured other MiGs away from an ongoing rescue mission for his wingman, who had been shot down by AAA
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In early 1973, with the suspension of bombing in North
Vietnam and the resumption of peace negotiations, inflight refueling requirements decreased markedly. As a result, in late January 1973 many of the augmented tankers of the 11th Air Refueling Squadron and the 92nd Air Refueling Squadron returned
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The 355 TFW ceased combat operations at Takhli on 7 October 1970, and on the 12th, the wing retired its colors with a 12-aircraft flyover of F-105s. With the ending of F-105 operations, Detachment 2, 38th Air Rescue
Squadron inactivated on 15 November 1970. The last USAF personnel left Takhli RTAFB
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were adapted to serve in the electronic countermeasures role as radar jamming aircraft. All of the bombing equipment was removed and replaced by electronic jamming equipment and chaff dispensing pods were carried. They would join strike aircraft during their missions over North
Vietnam to jam enemy
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The F-105G was the designation given to Wild Weasel F-105Fs which were fitted with greatly improved avionics. The designation EF-105F was temporarily applied to these aircraft, but their designation was eventually changed to F-105G. The first F-105Gs went to the 357th TFS at Tahkli RTAFB during the
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This nickname refers to a mission which was carried out by a number of different aircraft types over the years. The first at Takhli were F-100 Super Sabres, which like all Wild
Weasels had the job of baiting SAM sites to fire at them. Then all they had to do was evade the missile and lead an attack
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Operation Rolling Thunder the 355th TFW participated in major strikes against North Vietnamese logistics. During this time, the wing flew 11,892 sorties, downed 2 MiGs, and damaged 8 more. Although the F-105 was not designed to be primarily a dogfighter, the aircraft was successful in downing
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On 5 May about 35 members of an PACAF advance party returned to Takhli to prepare the facility for re-opening and activation. The advance party found that it was a 4-day national holiday in
Thailand and that the RTAF base commander was unaware of the US redeployment, nevertheless they were able to
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The raiders arrived at Takhli on 18 November and on 20 November, they took off in a C-130 bound for Udorn RTAFB. There they boarded helicopters for the mission. Everything about this daring, complex and innovative mission worked, except that when they hit the prison camp the prisoners had already
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The cause of the first two losses continues to be unknown as the wreckages have never been recovered. It turned out that the third loss on 22 April was not due to enemy action, but was traced to a failure of a hydraulic control-valve rod for the horizontal stabilizer which caused the aircraft to
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By the end of that month, 55 night missions had been flown against targets in North
Vietnam, but two aircraft had been lost. 66–0022 had been lost on 28 March, and 66-0017 on 30 March. Replacement aircraft had left Nellis, but the loss of a third F-111A (66-0024) on 22 April halted F-111A combat
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made a permanent change of station from McConnell AFB to Takhli without personnel or equipment as the host unit at the base. The provisional 6235th TFW was inactivated and the equipment and personnel at Takhli were absorbed into the new wing structure. Previously, all of the 355th's squadrons at
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The herbicide spraying missions began in
Vietnam in 1961, and it has recently been revealed that some took place from Thai bases, including Takhli, as early as 1966. This pre-dates the USAF receiving permission to use herbicides for clearing areas on and around Thai bases for area and perimeter
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The F-105 was destined to become a major participant in the war in Vietnam, and the primary aircraft flown from Takhli during the Vietnam War. The permanent assignment of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing to Takhli in December 1965 ended the temporary squadron rotations from continental US bases.
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Under Thailand's "gentleman's agreement" with the United States, RTAF bases used by the USAF were commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police controlled access to the bases, along with USAF Security Police, who assisted them in base defense using sentry dogs, observation towers, and machine gun
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After the US withdrawal from Thailand in 1976, the RTAF consolidated the equipment left by the departing USAF units in accordance with government-to-government agreements, and the RTAF assumed use of the base at Takhli. The American withdrawal had quickly revealed to the Thai government the
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Political considerations with regards to Communist forces engaging in a civil war inside Laos and fears of the civil war spreading into Thailand led the Thai government to allow the United States to covertly use five Thai bases beginning in 1961 for the air defense of Thailand and to fly
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pitch up uncontrollably. Further inspection of the remaining fleet of F-111As revealed 42 aircraft with the same potential failures. It is speculated that this failure could also have contributed to the two earlier losses had the failure caused a pitch down while at low altitude.
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Their first combat mission, started only hours after their arrival at Takhli, resulted in the disappearance of one of the aircraft and a week-long cancellation of F-111 missions. The F-111s returned to action losing a further 3 aircraft in the next 6 weeks of airstrikes.
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missile which followed the SAM site's radar beam right back down to the transmitting antenna. When these relatively early-technology missiles missed, as often happened, or when the aircraft ran out of missiles, Wild Weasels would attack SAM sites with bombs or their
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In July, the 355th TFW received its record 3rd Presidential Unit Citation for actions from 12 April 1968 through 30 April 1969. During this time frame, the wing dropped 32,000 tons of ordnance on 2,100 targets while flying 17,000 combat sorties.
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second half of 1967. The electronic warfare officer (EWO) in an F-105G ran all the new electronic equipment for locating SAM or anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) radars, warning of SAM launches, and sending Shrike missiles down the radar beams.
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In May 1965 the 6441st TFW (Provisional) became the host unit at Takhli. On 8 May the 6235th Combat Support Group was organized at Takhli. On 8 July 1965 the 6235th Tactical Fighter Wing was activated to join the 6441st TFW at Takhli.
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began to arrive on a permanent basis. During February 1963, the rotational squadrons of F-100s from Cannon was reduced to six aircraft, with the deployments from Cannon ending in March 1964 and the squadrons deploying instead to
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and F-5F Tiger II fighter-bombers formed the nucleus of the RTAF's defense and tactical firepower. The F-5Es were accompanied by training teams of American civilian and military technicians, who worked with members of the RTAF.
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On 31 July 1974 phase down of operations at Takhli RTAFB was completed ahead of schedule, and the base was officially returned to the Thai Government on 12 September. All remaining US personnel departed on 14 September.
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The USAF reacted to the invasion quickly and with many resources. One of these was Operation Constant Guard III, the largest movement that TAC had ever performed. In nine days, they deployed 72 F-4D Phantom IIs of the
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at Clark Air Base were deployed to Takhli. The first recorded combat loss was an F-100D (56–3085), shot down on 18 August 1964 over Laos. The Clark F-100s remained at Takhli until 20 August 1965 on a rotating basis.
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From Takhli 366th TFW aircrews flew air superiority missions over Vietnam. In late October the squadrons of the Holloman-based 49th TFW returned home. The Da Nang-based 4th and 421st TFSs were transferred to the
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of the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, which had been detached to Korat RTAFB from Okinawa, was also equipped with the F-105G and was temporarily reassigned to Takhli in June 1967. A third Wild Weasel squadron, the
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at least 27.5 confirmed North Vietnamese MiGs in aerial combat. On 10 March 1967 Air Force Captain Max C. Brestel, flying from Takhli, became the only F-105 pilot to shoot down two MiGs during the Vietnam War.
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inadequacy of its air force in the event of a conventional war in Southeast Asia. Accordingly, in the 1980s the government allotted large amounts of money for the purchase of modern aircraft and spare parts.
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fire. Thorsness' back-seater, Captain Harold E. Johnson, was awarded the Air Force Cross for the mission. Less than two weeks after this mission, the two were shot down and became prisoners of war.
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was flown. After the cease-fire, the wing was maintained in a combat-ready status for possible contingency actions. The F-111s engaged in more than 4,000 sorties with a loss of only six aircraft.
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SAMs nearby. The F-105s attacked the launch site, while the A-4 attacked the radar site, being shot down in the process. More Navy jets attacked both sites and a third launch site.
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The detachment from the 12th TFS returned to its main unit at Korat and the 44th TFS moved to Korat when the decision was made to consolidate the units of the Wild Weasel mission.
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defense, which was given in 1969. The missions in 1966 defoliated areas surrounding parts of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, near the Vietnam border and north of the
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after he refused to leave his comrade until other escort aircraft could be vectored in to give the wounded pilot assistance in reaching his home base safely.
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McConnell had been deployed to various bases in Southeast Asia, two of which were reassigned to Takhli (357th, 354th TFS) and brought back under its control.
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During January 1974 the Secretary of Defense announced a realignment of Thailand resources, with the final pullout of air resources by the end of 1976.
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On 10 May the first personnel from Holloman began to arrive and conducted their first strikes the following day. Squadrons deployed to Takhli were:
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was reassigned to Takhli from Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, taking over host unit responsibilities from the 49th TFW. Its operational squadrons were:
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Republic F-105F-1-RE Thunderchief Serial 63-8319 from the 44th TFS Later, this aircraft was reconfigured to the F-105G "Wild Weasel" configuration.
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north of Hanoi leaving it unserviceable. On 14 & 15 December the wing again attacked the Paul Doumer Bridge destroying 7 spans of the bridge.
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aircraft were used on the missions. The missions were extensive enough to have required pre-positioning or maintaining stocks of the herbicides.
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In early 1968, the USAF decided to rush a small detachment of F-111As to Southeast Asia for combat test and evaluation under a program known as
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operations. However, the aircraft remained poised for combat, but they saw little action before their return to the United States in November.
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In January 1967, the SAC 4258th Strategic Wing assumed full responsibility for the Takhli KC-135 tankers formerly belonging to the 4252d SW at
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in Hanoi. Thirty-six strike aircraft led by the 355th dropped 94 tons of bombs and destroyed one span of the bridge and part of the highway.
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In January 1970, the 355th TFW received its 2nd Presidential Unit Citation for actions from 11–12 August 1967 and 24–28 October 1967.
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for actions including destroying two SAM sites during a mission from Takhli. His back-seater, Captain Kevin A. Gilroy was awarded the
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The rotational TDY 334th TFS and 335th TFS squadrons transferred their aircraft to the newly assigned permanent squadrons at Takhli.
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on the radar facility that guided the SAMs. Sometimes they, or the strike aircraft with them, would fire a radar-seeking
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from Holloman AFB, New Mexico, to Takhli. The move included more than 4,000 personnel and 1,600 tons of cargo.
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to Hanoi. During five months of combat, the wing did not lose any aircraft or personnel. The unit received an
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was held. This marked the first visit of a PACAF tactical unit to Thailand since the early 1970s.
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was damaged and the Soviets protested the attack. The deputy commander of the 355th TFW Colonel
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588:(TFW) from Cannon AFB, New Mexico began deploying F-100D Super Sabres to the base to attack the
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On 12 July the 347 TFW's F-111's and the AC-130 gunships from the 16th SOS were transferred to
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Douglas E/RB-66B-DL Destroyer Serial 54–440 from the 42d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron.
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who were overrunning most of northwestern Laos. At Takhli, base support for the rotating
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to the US. The 430th TFS returned with the 474th TFW to Nellis AFB on 22 March 1973.
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Soviet-built helicopters. On 24 October, the 355th led the first strike against the
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302 Unmanned Arial Vehicle Squadron, flying Aerostar and Dominator UAVs.
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bunkers. All USAF personnel were fully armed after 1965.
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2015:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 4 November 2017
1845:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 17 October 2016
1823:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 29 January 2008
1801:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 29 January 2008
1779:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 11 October 2016
1152:, France arrived at Takhli. In late November 1965, the
2563:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 6 January 2009
2541:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 6 January 2009
2519:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 6 January 2009
2495:. Air Force History and Museums Program. p. 343.
2302:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 7 October 2016
2280:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 9 January 2009
1910:. Air Force History and Museums Program. p. 147.
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from Mountain Home AFB which arrived on 30 July 1973.
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On 30 March 1972, the North Vietnamese launched their
580:
522d Tactical Fighter Squadron F-100DS at Takhli, 1963
2673:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 19 March 2008
2607:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 21 April 2010
2464:"U.S. airmen seem to be reopening base in Thailand".
2368:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 22 March 2011
1993:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 19 March 2008
1971:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 19 March 2008
639:
F-100 Super Sabre squadrons deployed to Takhli were:
2651:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 21 July 2010
2585:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 6 March 2012
2098:. Air Force History and Museums Program. p. 6.
2037:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 13 June 2018
987:
for actions from 1 January 1966 to 10 October 1966.
2699:Davies, Peter E.; Thornborough, Anthony M. (1997).
2431:Davies, Peter E.; Thornborough, Anthony M. (1997).
2412:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 29 May 2009
881:In June 1965 a TDY unit of 2 C-130s from E Flight,
769:accompanied a group of F-105s on an airstrike near
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1422:gunships from Ubon RTAFB, which became the Det 1,
3437:Buildings and structures in Nakhon Sawan province
697:
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563:
502:
499:The APO for Takhli was APO San Francisco, 96273
1249:Special Forces and Air Force Special Operations
530:In 1962, the U.S. Military Assistance Group in
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1737:. Office of Air Force History. p. 280.
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572:F-100D of the 523d Tactical Fighter Squadron
313:Location of Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base
2262:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
2152:. Office of Air Force History. p. 53.
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885:began airlift operations from Takhli into
1843:"524 Special Operations Squadron (AFSOC)"
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2745:The Royal Thai Air Force (English Pages)
2627:"16 Special Operations Squadron (AFSOC)"
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2238:. Office of Air Force History. p.
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1161:42d Electronic Countermeasures Squadron
1011:Paul Doumer railroad and highway bridge
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2232:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984) (1984).
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1409:(F-4E) from Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.
777:radar and then observed the launch of
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1991:"562 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)"
1969:"563 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)"
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1146:25th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
994:, during this attack the Soviet ship
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2830:United States Air Force In Thailand
1661:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1460:4th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-4E)
1135:9th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
536:Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
428:402 Reconnaissance Squadron, flying
1625:United States Air Force in Thailand
602:Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base
24:
1879:
1700:"Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base"
422:401 Light Attack Squadron, flying
25:
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2649:"92 Air Refueling Squadron (AMC)"
1675:"Airline and Airport Code Search"
1403:(KC-135) from Altus AFB, Oklahoma
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1144:. On 21 October 5 EB-66Cs of the
1005:On 11 August 1967, the 355th and
905:4th TFW F-105Ds at Takhli in 1965
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1867:. Kunsan Air Base. 23 April 2013
1655: This article incorporates
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1630:United States Pacific Air Forces
1473:432 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
1442:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
1424:16th Special Operations Squadron
523:which expanded the air war into
376:Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base
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32:Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base
3447:1955 establishments in Thailand
2750:Royal Thai Air Force – Overview
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1523:430th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1520:429th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1517:428th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1464:421st Tactical Fighter Squadron
1391:417th Tactical Fighter Squadron
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936:354th Tactical Fighter Squadron
744:335th Tactical Fighter Squadron
738:334th Tactical Fighter Squadron
683:510th Tactical Fighter Squadron
670:524th Tactical Fighter Squadron
629:510th Tactical Fighter Squadron
607:The 27th TFW kept a rotational
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1777:"510 Fighter Squadron (USAFE)"
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1271:prison camp in North Vietnam.
1096:44th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1091:12th Tactical Fighter Squadron
930:333d Tactical Fighter Squadron
858:deployed to Korat on TDY from
850:In early August Detachment 4,
732:562d Tactical Fighter Squadron
726:563d Tactical Fighter Squadron
716:80th Tactical Fighter Squadron
712:35th Tactical Fighter Squadron
698:F-105 Thunderchief deployments
690:Deployed: 11 May – 8 June 1962
657:523d Tactical Fighter Squadron
644:522d Tactical Fighter Squadron
549:of PACAF was headquartered at
488:. Takhli was the location for
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1:
2776:Combined Takhli RTAFB Website
2344:"44 Fighter Squadron (PACAF)"
1947:"80 Fighter Squadron (PACAF)"
1901:Van Staaveren, Jacob (2002).
1645:
1595:Thai Air Force use after 1975
1407:4th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1386:9th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1381:8th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1376:7th Tactical Fighter Squadron
1174:Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
925:Squadrons of the 355th were:
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746:November 1965 – December 1966
564:F-100 Super Sabre deployments
503:United States Advisory Forces
434:403 Fighter Squadron, flying
2583:"417 Weapons Squadron (ACC)"
2410:"428 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
2322:"357 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
2300:"354 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
2278:"333 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
2035:"335 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
2013:"334 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
1821:"523 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
1799:"522 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
1484:Mountain Home Air Force Base
1311:Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
1253:Joint Contingency Task Group
803:421st Air Refueling Squadron
706:F-105D of the 563d TFS, 1965
555:Seventh/Thirteenth Air Force
473:reconnaissance flights over
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2790:Takhli Air Base – APO 96273
1618:
1557:347th Tactical Fighter Wing
1543:347th Tactical Fighter Wing
1508:474th Tactical Fighter Wing
1494:474th Tactical Fighter Wing
1454:366th Tactical Fighter Wing
1448:366th Tactical Fighter Wing
1401:11th Air Refueling Squadron
1263:, the attempt to rescue US
1219:474th Tactical Fighter Wing
1150:Chambley-Bussieres Air Base
1007:388th Tactical Fighter Wing
919:355th Tactical Fighter Wing
897:355th Tactical Fighter Wing
883:21st Troop Carrier Squadron
740:August 1965 – February 1966
461:, for parachute drops into
451:Central Intelligence Agency
436:F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon
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3432:Royal Thai Air Force bases
2517:"7 Fighter Squadron (ACC)"
1430:92d Air Refueling Squadron
1362:49th Tactical Fighter Wing
1355:49th Tactical Fighter Wing
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985:Presidential Unit Citation
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728:7 April 1965 – August 1965
586:27th Tactical Fighter Wing
486:Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
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2468:. 7 May 1972. p. 21.
1611:From 13–17 December 1982
1413:8th Tactical Fighter Wing
1105:B-66 Destroyer Operations
952:Operation Rolling Thunder
837:Ching Chuan Kang Air Base
752:Operation Rolling Thunder
609:Temporary duty assignment
521:Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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2089:Thompson, Wayne (2000).
1731:Futrell, Robert (1981).
1303:McConnell Air Force Base
1159:During January 1966 the
1009:conducted a raid on the
975:On 19 April 1967, Major
871:38th Air Rescue Squadron
852:36th Air Rescue Squadron
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3000:United States Air Force
2486:Nalty, Bernard (2000).
1533:Operation Linebacker II
1349:Operation Freedom Train
1339:Operation Linebacker II
1247:From 10 November 1970,
917:On 8 November 1965 the
773:. The A-4 detected the
625:Gulf of Tonkin Incident
151:Military Air Force Base
2671:"421 Fighter Squadron"
2143:Tilford, Earl (1980).
1657:public domain material
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87:15.26806°N 100.29222°E
2767:27 March 2007 at the
1865:"35 Fighter Squadron"
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1261:Operation Ivory Coast
1243:Operation Ivory Coast
1213:. Six F-111As of the
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818:Strategic Air Command
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785:Air refueling mission
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551:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
408:Nakhon Sawan Province
3033:Thirteenth Air Force
2785:Takhli Message Board
2780:Takhli RTAFB Hootchs
2774:www.Takhli RTAFB.org
2605:"4 Fighter Squadron"
2561:"9 Fighter Squadron"
2539:"8 Fighter Squadron"
2173:Bowers, Ray (1983).
1640:Thirteenth Air Force
1479:on 31 October 1972.
1335:Operation Linebacker
1167:Operation Ranch Hand
1000:Jacksel M. Broughton
962:Merlyn H. Dethlefsen
594:Tactical Air Command
509:Thirteenth Air Force
424:T-50 TH Golden Eagle
396:Royal Thai Air Force
201:Airfield information
143:Royal Thai Air Force
135:Royal Thai Air Force
127:Royal Thai Air Force
46:Royal Thai Air Force
3390:(Republic of China)
2762:Takhli Photos 72–74
2115:on 16 February 2013
1927:on 23 November 2016
1257:MC-130 Combat Talon
1139:Shaw Air Force Base
627:10 F-100s from the
623:In response to the
613:F-105 Thunderchiefs
598:35th Tactical Group
511:, headquartered at
270:15.26806; 100.29222
261: /
92:15.26806; 100.29222
82: /
3368:support facilities
3018:Pacific Air Forces
2466:The New York Times
1754:on 5 November 2021
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633:405th Fighter Wing
620:in South Vietnam.
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547:Numbered Air Force
140:Controlled by
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1568:Constant Guard IV
1251:personnel of the
1026:Phúc Yên Air Base
866:, South Vietnam.
864:Bien Hoa Air Base
801:of Detachment 1,
543:Seventh Air Force
463:Communist Chinese
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1056:Wild Weasel
685:(405th TFW)
517:Philippines
268: /
256:100°17′32″E
243:Coordinates
187:Vietnam War
169:In use
90: /
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65:Coordinates
3426:Categories
3131:Quang Ngai
2249:0912799129
1646:References
1477:Udon RTAFB
1329:See also:
1080:M61 Vulcan
887:Long Tieng
846:Air rescue
822:King Cobra
672:(27th TFW)
659:(27th TFW)
646:(27th TFW)
590:Pathet Lao
545:, another
494:Channel 43
465:-occupied
253:15°16′05″N
96: (
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3353:474th TFW
3343:388th TFW
3333:355th TFW
3328:354th TFW
3323:347th TFW
3257:Don Muang
3218:377th ABW
3213:366th TFW
3208:315th TAW
3124:Airfields
3105:Phan Rang
3090:Nha Trang
3075:Binh Thuy
2953:474th TFW
2943:388th TFW
2933:355th TFW
2928:354th TFW
2923:347th TFW
2848:Don Muang
2841:Air bases
2258:cite book
1709:12 August
996:Turkestan
829:Kadena AB
430:DA 42 MPP
365:Concrete
336:Direction
148:Condition
3394:Andersen
3348:432d TRW
3318:307th SW
3313:56th SOW
3308:49th TFW
3237:Thailand
3223:633d SOW
3203:37th TFW
3198:35th TFW
3193:31st TFW
3183:12th TFW
3136:Qui Nhon
3080:Cam Ranh
3070:Bien Hoa
3011:Commands
2948:432d TRW
2918:307th SW
2913:56th SOW
2908:49th TFW
2765:Archived
1684:13 April
1619:See also
1564:Cambodia
1255:and two
1022:Mil Mi-4
1018:Mil Mi-6
992:Haiphong
964:won the
891:Vang Pao
775:Fan Song
492:station
343:Surface
132:Operator
44:Part of
3408:(Japan)
3402:(Japan)
3303:8th TFW
3277:U-Tapao
3178:3rd TFW
3141:Tay Loc
3115:Tuy Hoa
3095:Phu Cat
3085:Da Nang
3002:in the
2903:8th TFW
2868:U-Tapao
2677:24 July
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1419:Spectre
1417:AC-130
1315:Arizona
1269:Son Tay
877:Airlift
856:HH-43Bs
833:Okinawa
811:KC-135s
799:KB-50Js
631:of the
515:in the
445:History
400:Bangkok
394:) is a
340:Length
324:Runways
237:Summary
194:Airport
3406:Misawa
3400:Kadena
3396:(Guam)
3272:Takhli
3155:SIGINT
3100:Pleiku
2863:Takhli
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1337:, and
1307:Kansas
1187:F-111A
1020:and 4
840:Taiwan
362:3,000
359:9,850
356:18/36
48:(RTAF)
3382:Clark
3375:Bases
3338:366th
3296:Wings
3287:Udorn
3262:Korat
3250:Bases
3171:Wings
3063:Bases
2938:366th
2896:Wings
2878:Udorn
2853:Korat
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1488:Idaho
1180:C-123
809:with
490:TACAN
467:Tibet
459:Nehru
414:Units
161:Built
124:Owner
3282:Ubon
2873:Ubon
2730:ISBN
2719:ISBN
2705:ISBN
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2657:2018
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1739:ISBN
1711:2015
1686:2016
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