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Takhli RTAFB was established in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used Takhli as operating base for CIA resupply of Tibetan freedom fighters. CIA-operated C-130A Hercules transports flew men and supplies over Indian airspace, with the consent of Prime Minister Nehru , for parachute drops into ...
From Korat, Takhli and Ubon came the Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs and F-4C and F-4D Phantoms that actually delivered the bombs and also General Dynamics F-111s with terrain-following radar from Takhli. (During the deployment of the F-111s three crashed soon after arriving at Takhli and the F-111 fleet was grounded to investigate the problem).
At Takhli, the 366th took over host unit responsibilities from the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, which had deployed from Holloman Air Force Base in early May 1972 in response to the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive and invasion of South Vietnam by its regular armed forces. The assignment to Takhli was a name-only reassignment, as the wing ...
Takhli RTAFB [ edit ] On 30 July 1973 the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing was reactivated at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB), Thailand, replacing the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing which returned to Nellis AFB , Nevada United States and inheriting two squadrons of 24 F-111As each.
355th Tactical Fighter Wing, Takhli RTAFB. 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron 1965–1970; 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1965–1970; 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1966–1970; 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat RTAFB. 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1966–1967; 17th Wild Weasel Squadron 1971–1974; 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1966–1969
Takhli RTAFB, Thailand: AFCS 1965–1970 (closed and assets transferred to 1973rd Comm. Sq. 11/1970) [50] 1981st Communications Squadron: Nouasseur AB, Morocco: AFCS / AFCC, Inactive 1982d Communications Squadron: Ubon RTAFB, Thailand, Kunsan AB: 1965–1992. [22] Consolidated with 8th Communications Squadron. 1983d Communications Squadron ...
Location of Takhli RTAFB, Thailand. Takhli is a town in the province of Nakhon Sawan in northern Thailand. The population (2005) is 42,700. It is the site of the Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base. The town lies on the train line between Bangkok and Chiang Mai and at the Highway 11.
Flown by 403 Squadron, Wing 4, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base [20] JAS 39 Gripen: Sweden: Multirole combat aircraft: JAS 39C: 7 JAS 39D: 4 Also provide conversion training [17] JAS 39 Gripen: Sweden: Multirole combat aircraft: JAS 39E: 0(+8) 12–14 Gripen E/F's have been selected to replace the F-16A/B Block 15 ADFs of the 102 Squadron, Wing ...