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Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base (Udorn RTAFB) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base, the home of 23rd Wing Air Command. [1] It is in the city of Udon Thani in northeastern Thailand and is the main airport serving the city and province. The RTAF 231 Squadron "Hunter" is assigned to Udorn, equipped with the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet-A.
Udon Thani is one of the more bustling markets for agricultural goods in the relatively dry northeast of Thailand. Udon Thani received its biggest economic boost in the 1960s when the United States built the Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base as a joint-force military base during the Vietnam War.
The U.S. forces in Thailand are used to assist as instructors and advisors. The official American military presence in Thailand started in April 1961 when an advance party of the USAF 6010th Tactical (TAC) Group arrived at Don Muang at the request of the Royal Thai government to establish an aircraft warning system.
The following data is taken from what appears to be a working paper summary of the United States Operations Mission (USOM) in Thailand dated 1968, found at the Cornell University Library "Pamphlet HC Thailand 370" 3-1924-007-619-574. AID (Agency for International Development) Assistance Through FY 1968 (millions of dollars)
The city's economy was boosted by the proximity to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base during the Vietnam War and retains reminders of that time in the form of bars, coffee shops, and hotels. "Udon sort of became like Pattaya when the GIs arrived," said a local architect. [3] "Restaurants serving Western cuisine, hotels and nightclubs sprouted up ...
Udon Thani Airport terminal Departure lounge, Terminal 1, Udon Thani International Airport. During the Vietnam War the facility was known as Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, serving as a front-line base of the United States Air Force and was the Asian headquarters for Air America.
Ubon RTAFB was established in the 1950s. 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 reconnaissance flights over Laos.
Mueang Udon Thani (Thai: เมืองอุดรธานี, pronounced [mɯ̄aŋ ʔù.dɔ̄ːn tʰāː.nīː]; Northeastern Thai: เมืองอุดรธานี, pronounced [mɯ᷇aŋ ʔǔ.dɔ̄ːn.tʰa᷇ː.ni᷇ː]) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Udon Thani province, northeastern Thailand.