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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.
Seventh/Thirteenth Air Force was an operational headquarters that controlled United States Air Force tactical combat operations from Thailand during the Vietnam War.It was established in 1966 when Seventh Air Force replaced the 2d Air Division as the USAF headquarters in South Vietnam and was discontinued in 1973, when Seventh Air Force moved its headquarters from Vietnam to Thailand.
Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 15 April 1972; Clark Air Base, Philippines, 22 May 1974 – 14 August 1975; Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi 14 August 1975 – 18 July 1994; Deployed at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 1–25 September 1991 Deployed at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 25 September 1990–16 March 1991 Deployed at Aviano AB ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
Deployed in July 1967, to Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, where they were designated as the 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron and immediately began combat operations. It moved in 1969 to Da Nang Air Base , Republic of Vietnam; flying tactical bombing missions over North Vietnam as part of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing .
English: A U.S. Air Force Douglas AC-47D Spooky gunship (s/n 43-49010) of the 4th Special Operations Squadron at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, in June 1970. The 4th SOS had the tail code "EN" at Nha Trang Air Base, Vietnam. While being assigned to the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Udorn, it had the tail code "OS".