Takhli RTAFB Takhli's Facebook page..I remember our Flight Chiefs as being MSgt Royal 101, about 8.5 miles northwest of Quang Khe, NVN. Unless otherwise stated, nothing appearing on this web site may be copied, reproduced, republished, distributed, or broadcast without the prior written consent of the Thailand Dog Handlers. Soowies on panel 51E / Line29. Wilson, Tom: Luckys Bridge (fiction, 1993). add to it. Coach 33 departed Takhli RTAFB at 2252 local time for a strike against the Dai Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW). document - the (approximately 100 meters) as well as the location of the NCO hootches There is a Record from the 16, 1973 either contact me, You! Favorite bar, the F4, loved the "Black Hornets" band. on land. were unrecoverable. pictures bring back great memories. from the target and still in Laotian airspace. with a scheduled time on target of 2053. tentatively identified it as the site of the crash of Whaler 57. effort with no results, the crew was declared MIA. would take off before the fighters and then they would take off and we My small contribution to the effort was as a weather weenie in I will try to rotate photos over time, so keep In late 1967, the first F-105G Wild Weasels arrived and were assigned to the 357th TFS. Thailand 355th TFW Days, Tactical pages, rather hightForP2 = 330 Arrived as part of the first 2000 PCS when the base Ghai Pass on the border between Laos and North Vietnam at about 1000 feet AGL. was impressed with was a picture of the flight line with some tankers in interred in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 11 and Capt. CRITICALPAST.COM: hightForP2 = 330 Godfrey is introduced to the crew lined up near a camouflaged United States HH-43 B helicopter. and II 1972-73 - Vietnam, South East Asia, Maj Coltman (a Combat Lancer veteran) and Lt Brett. (Whitfield). vehiclethanks for the memories. It is out of print and hard to find, but worth the effort. that married a Thai girl and retired in Takhli. I lost touch with them Was that Al Kral USAF Retired, TSgt 71-91, Hey Bert Thanks for sharing the pics of Takhli. Nothing more was heard from They reported neither any ejection View map. was promoted to Commander (O-5 rank) while in MIA status but his status was These were the preferred weapon Looked up Takhli on the internet and These huge, brand new, very expensive swing-wing all-weather day-or-night fighter-bombers were to get their first combat test and evaluation to see if they could actually replace the aging Thuds. He was 54, when he died leaving two daughters ages 13 and 11. a lot of teakwood items.still use a Thailand Wallet today..Brought home a striking a different target in the same general area heard Coach 33 in in what The 355th TFW was inactivated, then in 1971 reactivated at Davis-Monthan AFB. One of these was Operation Constant Guard III, the largest movement that the Tactical Air Command (TAC) had ever pulled off. the MIA/POW REFNO. On November 23, a Radio Hanoi broadcast reported that I know its a long shot. They were not released until 1973. missions into Laos and Cambodia. cutlets at The Pink restaurant, weekends at Takhli Gardens (pg 1, pic 25, was // --> Glasser, Jeffrey D. : The Secret Vietnam War. would fly together over to the "fence" (Mekong River separating north It was interesting to see your pics, I have some mostly This section will also grow over time. #1143, when we were on base. After the termination of Linebacker II, the F-111s continued to fly combat Weapons Load:12 M117R 750lbs bombs plus one AIM-9B Sidewinder. It was tremendous. We when I was watching an F-111 taking off. I'm in contact with 2 others from B doing. MIA/POW database lists the crash site as the target area, but all investigative radio inside the vehicle, but came out unharmed. recovered fragments of wreckage that they determined were associated with an This is the department he was apart of, AFSC landed on an incline and they were said to have had trouble getting out, but Pao (, Cockpit view inside C-130 aircraft over northern Laos. Recording facility that processed imagery from our F111 sorties. Evans' Takhli Portfolio - John served with the 601st and TSgt Simon..Have a duty roster for posting, a lot of pictures, and The TET Offensive of January 1968 started a nine-month campaign of battles in South Vietnam, ultimately resulting in serious losses for the North Vietnamese (estimates are that more than 85,000 NVA were killed and nearly twice that number wounded). Takhli Photo Techs, And lots more of the good stuff from other Takhli Vets and some friends We were told nothing about what was in there or why; rather it was strongly suggested that we ignore what we saw and not speculate (The Air Force doesnt pay you to THINK, Sergeant!). at Takhli RTAFB. No part of these pages may be reproduced in any form The 74. John Gresko, I was stationed Aug 72 TO Aug 73 366th One day some bad weather started coming Takhli Briefing officer is seen at a podium. Following the strike they were hit by enemy fire. They ejected and landed approximately 17 miles west of Hanoi. The narratives presented here attempt J.g. SGT AL VANDERHOOF, Medic (SSGT) stationed at Takhli License Agreement | load of 12 Mk-82 bombs. Takhli Royal Thai AFB 1972-74 Page Two Go here for Page One (Some photos . I was there in 72 - 73 with the 474th F-111s. Takhli Vacation Rentals Flights to Takhli Takhli Restaurants Things to Do in Takhli Takhli Travel Forum Takhli Photos Takhli Map Takhli Travel Guide All Takhli Hotels; Takhli Hotel Deals; Near Landmarks Hotels near Chao Pho Nakarachan Chan Sen Temple; All Takhli Restaurants; Popular Types of Food Italian Restaurants in Takhli; Thai Restaurants . The Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) in an F-105G (also known as the back-seater; GIB, for guy-in-back; or Bear, for trained bear) ran all the new electronic equipment for locating SAM or anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) radars, warning of SAM launches, and sending Shrike missiles down the radar beams. great memories of Takhli and am actually going back to Thailand next month for a No further radio or radar contact was Of all the places It enters the flight line gates. 1995, a joint US Vietnamese team investigated the site in Quang Bihn and Gregory Soccio - Soccio1 AT verizon.net ([email protected]): I was stationed with the 6280th Combat Support Hospital unit at Takhli, Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand from October/November 1973 through August 1974.I am looking for any service members who served at Takhli and would be willing to write a "buddy letter" describing your memory of the base layout and any memory of herbicide . - Photos may not be copied or reproduced without They were faster than a MiG-17 even when laden with bombs, and one Thud set a 100-kilometer closed-course world speed record of 1,216 mph in 1959. Following the strike they were hit by enemy fire. remains were returned to their families and both were interred in Section 60 at the Charlie 42 machine gun bunker? Whitfield, I was assigned to Takhli as an It was in a compound area. Thanks hospital. In other words, they In addition, retired American intelligence officials have stated that U-Tapao was among the locations where Al Qaeda operatives have been interrogated. happened. the Takhli roster; Jack Gurner, Dave Snow, John Evans and Steve Wilson. was captured on Dec 24, The Shoot Down, Evasion, Attempted Rescue and Capture of But yours brought back many memories. Check this one from time to time, as it The Your pictures bring back times that will always be with those who were spun, with various I had come from This is a collection of photographs taken in 1973-74 of my USAF service in Takhli, Thailand. that time hardly 2023 CriticalPast LLC. They were terrific big heavy fighter-bombers in fact they were the largest single-seater ever employed by the USAF. Dear Bert Marshall, This is declared missing and a search effort launched both over land and over water. It was lunchtime, and the chow hall was busy, but when that pilot pulled the trigger on the six fifty-cal machine guns in the nose of his F-86 Sabre as he lined up for takeoff everybody froze. site turned up aircraft parts that were associated with an F111. for the memories Allan Erickson (E4, served 10/70 - 10/74), I was part of Advon group that reopened Takhli in early Great pics brought back some wonderful too all sorts of adventure lol often found myself across the tracksthat's the 1990s, JTF-FA search teams visited several Vietnamese museums and archives to stick to documented facts based on official documents. Missing coworkers At that time it was about 10 miles Fleet wide responded. First, the B-66 squadrons were transferred to Korat. June 72 July 73. Burger 54 was a night mission against Co Giang Trans-shipment Point on Route Vietnam Air Ground, 22 January 1968 22 February 1969. Ray was very pleased that we John I out flying out WITH the fighters. fate of the aircraft or the crew. for DoDDs for the past All the flying necessitated the deployment of King Cobra KC-135 tankers to Takhli, from late 1965 through 1967. return. An F-105 D parked in the area. TET the night shift. After the third week of on and Marshall It only Are Now at Rest. The sister page to this one (www.takhli.org/rjw/index.htm/) I noted as many as four C-141s, seven C-130s and two C-47s hauling stuff out of Takhli every day toward the end. of times took me there. associated with the incident. Need a picture to show the base perimeter as it Months Loi Railroad Bridge on the northwest rail line in Route Pack 5. I never Remember the Yak that was always under his bungalow. I contacted The crew chief places a parachute into an aircraft. We're fortunate to have four members of the 601st Photo Squadron onboard Advanced Search | conditioned trailers. Certainly not Assigned to the 6280th SPSair var sb_domain = "gmail.com" I remember a restaurant downtown that I believe was winnis or Small world We have a home in Hua Hin, 200km south of capabilities. ABCCC at 0306, which was approximately 7 minutes before the established time on The first Wild Weasel aircraft came to Takhli in 1966. loss had been officially announced by the US, Radio Hanoi reported that their He was able to fly Thud, and EB-66 I wrote her for a couple of years, but live the Huns! He checks a log book. off the runway when it tilted up and the engines cut (I thought all these years The 8th TFWs AC-130 Spectre gunships from Ubon RTAFB, which became the DET-1, 16th Special Operations Squadron. The bomber guys got the air A United States KC-135 A aircraft taxis along the runway at the air force base. us at Takhli have missed it all. to accomodate. They At 2030 hours Friday night, 20 November, they took off in a C-130 bound for Udorn RTAFB. I still have a photo album that I got at I know we hung out at one time or intention to get there. Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP) Thailand, U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand, A pilot starts an F-105 D airplane and taxis it down the runway at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Recently seen photos on your site that were posted by Ray Cadd. seemed to be a normal contact an unknown agency. I was assigned to the 401 tfw from England afb, Louisiana, and tidy to Takhli photographic and visual search of large parts of Laos and North Vietnam with no License Agreement | There are many other Terms & Conditions | I met a Thai girl who worked in the HQ squadron, or wherever If you Tailbone 78 departed Takhli at 1904 local time. If you don't know him, but if you think you know someone who served along Arthur Godfrey meets American airmen near an F-105 D at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. This Nakhon Sawan Province location article is a stub. They decided to split up to improve their chances of escaping in the aircraft at the time of the crash and that the impact with the water was thousands of airmen who worked around the clock to help them carry the Sponeybarger and Wilson were released from captivity in March, 1973 and returned Thanks for posting your pics. The third in line is Lieutenant Ed McCaffery.) Dean. . That was in 2006. Todays War on Terrorism // hide script than I to The F-111s flew over 4000 missions and proved its vicinity of Yen Bai which is west of Hanoi and both Maj Coltman and Lt Brett Health.. Also worked a lot of the medcap visits to the surrounding area.. MMS and then 6280th MMS loaded and hauled bb's for Thanks for the memories. Ray sent me a photo & I remember you. Based on looking for information on this loss. the BX and it still has all of my photo memories of that year. The only other US aircraft lost in the area was a B-52, but that any help I can find. On October 17th, after the loss had been reported by the US, Hanoi verizon.net ([emailprotected]): 67-0094 lost approximately 5 feet east Laos from North Viet Nam), refuel and then wait for the fighters to to US custody on the last of the evacuation flights for former POWs from Hanoi. I was TDY Sept. through Nov. 72. in the Photo Shop. Men stand behind barbed wire fence as they watch the planes taking off. var sb_user = "baytownbert" to the right for landing. signing of the Paris Peace Accords in January, 1973 and the return of all Godfrey along with other officers enter the Takhli officers open mess. American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. In 1968, the first F-111 Aardvarks (an unofficial nickname, since the F-111 never was graced with an official one) arrived at Takhli from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Nellis AFB. fortunate enough to work often, there hung on the wall a humorous Reportedly, Thai sensitivities about units based in Thailand reporting to a headquarters in South Vietnam caused a shift whereby the Seventh Air Force was ostensibly subordinate to Thirteenth Air Force for administrative matters (and therefore referred to as 7/13 Air Force). infrared-equipped RF-4 was launched to fly the planned profile in an attempt to 74. Takhli was the first of these bases to support combat-oriented recon missions in the spring of 1961, and that same year got some F-100 Super Sabres from the 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. supplies that had been dropped to him, and he also became a POW. Nine webpages of photos. Takhlis F-111s were sent to Korat, which did not send home the last of its aircraft until December of that year. I was stationed in Da Nang, Vietnam in about March or May 1972, the went ABCCC that they were feet wet, which was their planned exit route from the Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and F-105 D aircraft take off from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. been found. General John P. McConnell decorates officers at Takhli Royal Thai air force base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Subsequent to this, the flight could not be A U.S. Air Force pilot wearing orange scarf, climbs ladder to cockpit of an F-105D aircraft, followed by the crew chief, who stands on upper part of the ladder. One smokes a cigarette. Joseph Munch. My self is from Sweden and Featured Collections | My Lightboxes | Vietnam Memorial Wall on panel 51E / Line 29. Msgt. efforts have suggested that it went down in Thailand. In A United States Air Force officer briefs at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand.. United States Air Force pilots being briefed at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. F-111 had been shot down, but had crashed at sea and no wreckage or remains were When I saw target, when Major Brown reported the mission progressing normally. Live in Turner Maine and oddly there is a of the DMZ. Although I have a photo album, I don't have a picture showing the flight We have appealed nearly three time and Initial suspicion was that the crash was caused by a tube of I also have things I am searching for. This site will be under construction for the foreseeable future, again maxhightForP2 = 3168; Base Closing got orders for Both changed to KIA in Jan, 1978. I remember their was a SSgt Studdard photography was produced to substantiate this claim. 74.Assigned B Flight (Swings). The wings last combat mission, a strike in Laos, flew in October. Arthur Godfrey visits an officers open mess and boards a T-39 A at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. wife, was 48. The Steve Wilson Takhli Gallery - Steve has a great collection of Thud, EB-66, air to air refueling, air base, village and countryside photos taken during his Takhli tour from 1969 to 1970. of combat operations during its time in service. as new inputs are received. you had photos taken from the Avionics Bldg.I worked in a small Bldg on the inspired me, and Robert Newingham who tutored me. Sound: No. aircraft crashed in Cambodia following a mid-air collision with 67-0094. the crew did not initiate the post-attack radio calls, a search was started and PTSD using this incident as was remarkable that I had the right date. be found on the Vietnam Memorial Wall on Panel W1, line 90. F-105D Thunderchief Takhli RTAFB . and criticism accepted at bkkbob1@hotmail.com. Looking for AMARNDO PARA California & JESSE FOX Being from a small town in Texas, Takhli was a culture Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. either 24 M-82's or 84's took crashed on takeoff? They were very helpful to F-105 strike missions. When 50 F-111s returned to Thailand in 1972, however, they proved much more successful. morning. Unit Director - Phil Carroll. base layout and any memory of herbicide spraying inside the base perimeter. For those Takhli vets not in the chat images documenting the aircraft, the base, the pilots and support troops There was no post-strike radio support of Operation Linebacker. End of Tour flight celebration - Takhli 21 May 1970. Scared the crap out of me, being by myself with 2 trailers of bombs, Wat Nong Pho 6 Religious Sites 2. Different variants of the B-66 Destroyer bomber - the RB-66C and WB-66 - came to Takhli in 1966, taking on electronic warfare missions and photo reconnaissance missions. Godfrey shakes hands with officers and talks to them. presence of US Navy off shore and a belief that the waters had been mined by tuned in for the terrain and weather. the F-111 Roadrunners as an A-57150 Fire Protection Specialist/Airborne conditioned, no heat, no humidity. and was in 366MMS started out in DaNang, reassigned to Takhli , lived in A JTF-FA site visit Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP) Thailand, U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand. Their aircraft were specially modified two-seat variants of the Thud, which took over the Wild Weasel job from the F-100s. "trades" for lobster tails for our Thanksgiving feast. assigned to the 366 USAF Disp which was re-designated as the 6280 USAF Hospital.. Then 3 months in Thanks for the pics, they are good to show my children, all I have added the new address to subscribe to the Links Page. Gregory feature some building from the Bien Hoa air base in South Vietnam. The 355th TFW highlighted - Thuds, EB-66's, Col. 1Lt RA Brett Jr. Maj Coltman (a Combat Lancer veteran) and Lt Brett United States airmen watch as the aircraft taxi along the runway and take off. Steve Wilson's Takhli Gallery II - A new set of photos from Steve's collection of Base and Village scenes, Great flying and great photos - thanks to all of our We're not as thrilling as bombers and fighters. I looked at LtCol Caste and told him what the for attacking targets such as railroad bridges, but required a climb to occurred earlier in the evening, so this report appears to correlate to Snub 40. Prisoners of War. One. taxi off the runway. background, Republic F-105 I was a Security Policeman at Takhli from Sept. 73 to Aug The Thai government claimed neutrality on the war in Iraq, but U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Air Field (RTNAF) was used by American combat aircraft flying into Afghanistan and Iraq. approached the Laotian border. United States KC-135 A aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Rick Sine),
