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U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield history; 635 Supply Chain Operations Wing fact sheet — successor to 635 Combat Support Group; U-Tapao – history, photos, maps, etc. YouTube.com – video – U-Tapao 1969; YouTube.com – video – U-Tapao Buff Launch – (early 1970s)
A "D" model (tail number 56-0599, call sign "Ash 01") from the 7th Bombardment Wing, assigned to 307th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao RTNAF, Thailand, crashed in Thailand after being hit by a SA-2 surface-to-air missile. The mission was to bomb the Van Dien supply area. At the first drop of the mission, several SA-2 missiles were fired at the aircraft.
Since no stateside wing was ever manned to 100% of its personnel, SAC HQ drew upon other stateside wings to send their personnel to augment the wing on Guam. A third B-52 base was added in 1966 at U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand, using rotational aircraft and aircrews from Andersen AFB and Kadena AB.
Previously dedicated to carrying nuclear weapons, the U.S. Air Force began to train strategic bomber crews in 1964 to deliver conventional munitions flying the B-52F.. The B-52Fs were deployed to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam and U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand, southeast of Bangkok.
15 April 1969: VP-40 assisted in the efforts to locate survivors of a Navy EC-121 shot down by the North Koreans in the Sea of Japan. Of 30 crewmembers in the missing aircraft, only 2 bodies were recovered; 28 were listed as missing. 1 May 1970: VP-40 deployed to NS Sangley Point, with a detachment at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand.
U-TAPAO, Thailand (AP) — The remains of an American airman who went missing in action in World War II may finally be on their way home, thanks to a chance discovery of records in flood ...
The end of the war resulted in all US personnel and equipment being removed by 1976 at Thai request. The Royal Thai Air Force found it too costly to operate any but Khorat and Takhli. Many of the others were turned over to the Department of Civil Aviation. (RTN) U-Tapao International Airport-----12 41' N, 101 00' E
U-Tapao was built by the United States to accommodate B-52 bombers for missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. [9] Construction began on 15 October 1965 and was completed on 2 June 1966. [10] U-Tapao was the primary Southeast Asian airfield for USAF B-52 bombers, called "Bee-hasip-sawng" (B-52) by the local Thais. [11]