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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.
The 355 TFW ceased combat operations at Takhli on 7 October 1970, and on the 12th, the wing retired its colors with a 12-aircraft flyover of F-105s. With the ending of F-105 operations, Detachment 2, 38th Air Rescue Squadron inactivated on 15 November 1970. [16]: 113 The last USAF personnel left Takhli RTAFB by April 1971.
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).
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 ...
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.
Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base (Udorn RTAFB) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base, the home of 23rd Wing Air Command. [1] It is in the city of Udon Thani in northeastern Thailand and is the main airport serving the city and province. The RTAF 231 Squadron "Hunter" is assigned to Udorn, equipped with the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet-A.
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 mid-1968 it was decided to make the 388th an F-4 Wing, and also to equip the 388th with the new F-4E and the F-105s would be transferred to the 355th TFW at Takhli RTAFB. The main difference with the F-4E model was the addition of an internal M61 cannon.