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The initial squadrons and units deployed to Takhli were placed under the command and control of the Thirteenth Air Force, headquartered at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Thailand-based aircraft flew missions mostly into Laos until the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which expanded the air war into North Vietnam .
Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. CD-ROM. Glasser, Jeffrey D. (1998). The Secret Vietnam War: The United States Air Force in Thailand, 1961–1975. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0084-6. Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force ...
The 430th returned to the 474th Wing at Nellis on 22 March 1973 (replaced by the 429th TFW on 18 March 1973) assuming a replacement training unit mission, while the 428th and 429th were assigned to the newly transferred 347th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base (IATA code MUO), Idaho on 30 July 1973 (deployed to Takhli Royal ...
The end of the war resulted in all US personnel and equipment being removed by 1976 at Thai request. The Royal Thai Air Force found it too costly to operate any but Khorat and Takhli. Many of the others were turned over to the Department of Civil Aviation. (RTN) U-Tapao International Airport-----12 41' N, 101 00' E
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. These were:
Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 10 October 1969 – 15 March 1971 ... 6 November 1972 – 5 August 1973, 26 August – 16 September 1973, 7–28 October ...
Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, (Closed 1971, Reopened 1972–1974) Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam (Closed 1973) Tuy Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam (Closed 1970) U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, (Closed 1976)** Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, (Closed 1974)
Detachment 6 Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico: 1 July 1978 – 31 December 1987 Detachment 7 Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam: 11 December 1972 – 10 February 1973 Detachment 8 Takhli RTAFB, Thailand: c. Dec 1972 – 31 January 1973