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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).
English: U.S. Air Force aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, in 1972. In the foreground are two General Dynamics F–111As from the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. The other aircraft are 25 McDonnell Douglas F–4D Phantom II of the 49th TFW.
All but one were built and used by United States forces until their withdrawal from Thailand in 1976 when the RTAF took over the installations at Takhli and Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat). In the late 1980s, these bases and Don Muang Air Base outside Bangkok, which the air force shares with civil aviation, remain the primary operational installations.
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.
Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is a base of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in northeast Thailand, approximately 200 km (125 mi) northeast of Bangkok and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the centre of the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province (also known as "Khorat" or "Korat"), the largest province in Thailand.
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
In February 1965, when the 23 TFW deployed three squadrons (the 561st, 562nd and 563rd) to Southeast Asia for combat, these units were initially under the control of the 2nd Air Division. Later, the 6441 TFW (P) was activated at Takhli RTAFB in July 1965, taking control of the 23rd's squadrons deployed there. It was during this five-month tour ...