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In 1965 the RTN was permitted by the Council of Ministers to build a 1,200-meter (3,940 ft) long airfield near U-Tapao village, Ban Chang District, in Rayong Province.. The United States, seeking a Southeast Asian base for its large jet aircraft, reached an agreement with the Thai government to build and operate the base in conjunction with the
At its peak in 1969 more airmen were serving in Thailand than were serving in South Vietnam. Under Thailand's "gentleman's agreement" with the U.S., the bases were considered Royal Thai Air Force bases and were commanded by Thai officers. Thai air police helped control access to the bases; U.S. air police did carry weapons.
U-Tapao was a front-line base along with the other US bases at Korat, Udon, Ubon, Nakhon Phanom, and Takhli. The USAF B-52s made regular sorties over North Vietnam and North Vietnamese-controlled areas in Laos, carrying an average of 108 500-pound and 750-pound bombs per mission. U-Tapao was a regular stop on Bob Hope's Christmas shows for the ...
The aircraft were immediately dispersed to NS Sangley Point and U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, until 10 August. 31 May 1969: VP-9 participated in SEATO exercise Sea Spirit, which was abruptly terminated on 2 June 1969 with the collision of the USS Frank E. Evans and HMAS Melbourne.
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. To add conventional bomb capacity, Project Big ...
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 ...
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.
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.