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The new Infiltration Surveillance Center (ISC) was located at Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, nine miles (14 km) west of Nakhon Phanom city on the banks of the Mekong River. The first commander of the unit was Air Force Brigadier General William P. McBride, whose superior was the deputy commander of the Seventh/Thirteenth Air Force at Udon Thani ...
In March 1968 it moved again to Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base. On 1 August 1968 it was redesignated the 602nd Special Operations Squadron, and was inactivated on 31 December 1970 at Nakhon Phanom. The original Squadron patch was drawn by Walt Disney in 1944. The sky was blue with a wisp of cloud behind the left wing of the eagle.
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]
The squadron was first activated as the 606th Air Commando Squadron in March 1966 and stationed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. The squadron flew C-123 Provider and A-26A bomber aircraft over the Ho Chi Minh trail at night during the Vietnam War to interdict the movement of people and equipment. The squadron was ...
Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, 1962–1976; Major USAF Unit: 56th Special Operations Wing, 1967–1975. Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1961–1971; 1972–1974; Major USAF Unit: 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965–1971; Rotational units, 1972–1974. U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, 1965–1976
An A-26 Invader of the 609th Special Operations Squadron flying near Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base in 1969. The 609th Special Operations Squadron was organized as the 609th Air Commando Squadron at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand on 15 September 1967. It was assigned to the 56th Air Commando Wing.
Redesignated the 1st Air Commando Squadron, Fighter, on 15 August 1967, it was reassigned on 20 December 1967 to the 56th Air Commando Wing (redesignated the 56th Special Operation Wing in August 1968), and moved to Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, Thailand. On 1 August 1968 the 1st was redesignated as the 1st Special Operations Squadron. [4 ...
The squadron was first organized as the 22nd Special Operations Squadron and operated in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War for two years from October 1968 until September 1970. The 22nd flew Douglas A-1 Skyraiders and was assigned to the 56th Special Operations Wing [1] at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base.