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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.
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. On 8 February 2006, an international group of skydivers from 31 countries called the "World Team" set a world record for the largest freefall formation , a ...
Udorn also hosted three squadrons of F-4C/D & E Phantoms which flew escort, sweep, and Air Combat Patrol missions to protect other U.S. strike aircraft. From Korat, Takhli and Ubon came the Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs and F-4C and F-4D Phantoms that actually delivered the bombs and also General Dynamics F-111s with terrain-following radar from ...
SAR detachments at many locations. UH-1H replaced by EC 725 [11] 301 UAV Squadron: Aerostar BP, RTAF U-1: Wing 3: Watthana Nakhon: 302 UAV Squadron: Aerostar BP, RTAF U-1: Wing 3: Watthana Nakhon: 303 UAV Squadron: Aerostar BP, RTAF U-1: Wing 3: Watthana Nakhon: 401 Light Attack Squadron: T-50TH: Wing 4: Takhli: 402 Elint Reconnaissance ...
Birmingham MAP, AL Mitchel AFB NY, McGuire AFB, NJ: Jun 49 – Feb 53, Apr 53 – Apr 59, Feb 87 – Aug 92, Mar 95 – Oct 97 consolidated with 514th Comm Flight and 514th Operations Sq 516th Communications Squadron: Memphis MAP, TN: Jun 49 – Jan 53 542d Communications Squadron: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico: 1991–1993, formerly 1960th Comm Sq.
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.
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Evacuation by civil and military fixed-wing aircraft from Tan Son Nhat had been taking place since early-March and continued until 28 April when PAVN artillery fire rendered the runways unusable. At this time a helicopter evacuation, code-named Operation Frequent Wind was implemented. U-Tapao and other USAF facilities in Thailand supported the ...