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While at its initial home base at Bien Hoa AB, aircrews of the 1st Air Commando Squadron performed the first combat tests of the famous Douglas FC-47 gunship, beginning in December 1964. In 1964 the 1st began flying the Douglas A-1 Skyraider , the aircraft with which it is most closely associated, but continued to fly other types into 1966.
The A-1 equipped 1st Air Commando Squadron moved to Pleiku on 1 January 1966 from Bien Hoa Air Base where it had operated as part of Farm Gate. [6]: 113 The 1st Air Commando Squadron moved to Nakhon Phanom RTAFB in early 1967. [6]: 241 During 1966 USAF personnel assigned to the base increased from 150 to over 2500.
After pilot training, he served as a jet fighter pilot in the Air Defense Command until 1965, when he volunteered for duty in Vietnam. From July 1965 through June 1966, he flew 200 combat sorties in the A-1E/H "Spad" Skyraider as a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron located at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam.
The 602nd Air Commando Squadron also was activated, flying A-1E Skyraiders. On 17 June 1963 Headquarters USAF disestablished Farm Gate as a detachment of the Special Air Warfare Center and activated in its place the 1st Air Commando Squadron (Composite) at Bien Hoa Air Base, with Detachment 1 at Pleiku Air Base and Detachment 2 at Sóc Trăng ...
On its establishment the 14th Wing assumed control of all USAF squadrons at Nha Trang and the 1st Air Commando Squadron (before it moved to Pleiku Air Base) and it later assumed control of the 20th Helicopter Squadron. [4]: 129 In April 1966 the 361st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron equipped with EC-47s was formed at the base. [4]: 128–9
1st Air Commando Group; 1st Special Service Force "Devil's Brigade" 2nd Air Commando Group; 3rd Air Commando Group; 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit "Alamo Scouts" Alaskan Scouts; Army Ranger Battalions; 5307th Composite Unit (provisional) "Merrill's Marauders" Marine Raiders. 1st and 2nd Raider Regiment; 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Raider ...
The 6254th had been organized on 8 July 1965 to provide security and maintenance support for Air Force organizations operating from Pleiku, primarily the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron. [2] Operations at Pleiku expanded in February 1968, when the 6th Air Commando Squadron moved to Pleiku from England Air Force Base, Louisiana and began ...
An A-1H of the 602nd SOS in Vietnam, 1970. United States Air Force. 1st Air Commando Squadron, Composite (later 1st Air Commando, Fighter; and 1st Special Operations Squadron) "Hobo"