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The first permanent USAF unit assigned at Udorn RTAFB was the 333d Air Base Squadron in October 1964. Prior to the formation of the squadron, support personnel were provided by temporary duty personnel from the 35th Tactical Group at Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base. The 333d ABS came under the command and control of the 13th Air Force.
Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1965–1974; Major USAF Unit: 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965–1974. Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1964–1976; Major USAF Unit: 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1966–1975. In addition Marine Aircraft Group 15 operated from Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong from June 1972 to September 1973.
In an unsigned agreement these airbases were to be operated by the United States Air Force for the specific purpose of attacking North Vietnam with some 500 airplanes. These bases were supplied by a Naval Base near the deep-water port of Sattahip. Many American military specialists were assigned to JUSMAG-THAI in Bangkok. As many as 45,000 US ...
Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 21 March 1968; Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 28 July 1971; Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 15 September 1975 – 31 January 1976; Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 1 July 1978 – 31 December 1987; Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, 1 May 1993 – present [1]
Seventh/Thirteenth Air Force (7th/13th) was organized in April 1966 at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.It was assigned to Thirteenth Air Force at Clark Air Base in the Philippines for administrative control, but was under the operational control of Seventh Air Force at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.
The squadron became operational at Bien Hoa Air Base on 15 October 1964. By 1966 the squadron had been renamed the 602nd Air Commando Squadron and moved, first to Nha Trang Air Base in South Vietnam, and then to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. In March 1968 it moved again to Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base. On 1 August 1968 it was ...
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 19 October 1954 – 8 January 1966; Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, 1 March 1968 (operated from Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand) Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 31 October 1968; Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 15 April 1972; Clark Air Base, Philippines, 22 May 1974 – 14 August 1975
On 31 October 1972, the unit moved to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, with the 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. [ 4 ] At Udorn, the squadron was briefly re-equipped with the RF-4C reconnaissance version of the Phantom, before being equipped with the F-4E, the last and most advanced version of the Phantom to fly in Southeast Asia.