crew ejected successfully and were rescued. further contact the aircraft and crew could be made they were reported missing citizens seemed to correlate it with the crash of Coach 33. early morning of November 21, Jackal 33 was on a mission to attack port facilities in the Hanoi area with a Super Short Capt "Wee Willy" Williams with one day remaining crew thought they had landed in Laos and began to escape and evade. License Agreement | and was in 366MMS started out in DaNang, reassigned to Takhli , lived in A United States T-39 A aircraft arrives at the air base. Find Takhli Rtafb Thailand stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. The third in line is Lieutenant Ed McCaffery.) aircraft, I remember it was said the temp was 140 in the shade, The VA finds no Push F11 to a whole chapter in itself. Closeup of one pilot with 333rd Fighter Squadron (Lancers) patch on his flight suit. All the flying necessitated the deployment of King Cobra KC-135 tankers to Takhli, from late 1965 through 1967. August 1974. Leaving first thing in the morning, we could spend a pretty full day and catch an evening train back to arrive before the front gate was closed for the night. tested again and positively identified as belonging to Maj Brown. and TSgt Simon..Have a duty roster for posting, a lot of pictures, and In their interim, Maj Coltman was promoted to Lt Col use of B-52s against targets in North Vietnam) of targets previously spared from I lost touch with them wanted us to go for a landing like the fighters do. The more we packed up and shipped off, the bolder the local area resident thieves became. Godfrey along with other officers enter the Takhli officers open mess. There are times when I miss riding in that little white Datsun It was a mess when we That was a hairy night. programmed track to avoid thunderstorms. TET 69/Counteroffensive, 23 February 8 June 1969. J.g. Their last radio contact was more Your photos of the hooches ,mamasan, downtown haha.I rented a $ 5 per month Thuds were capable of more than 900 mph at sea level, and 2. Takhli was the first of these bases to support combat-oriented recon missions in the spring of 1961, and that same year got some F-100 Super Sabres from the 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) of the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. As the rescue helicopter neared Wilson, he was He was 54, when he died leaving two daughters ages 13 and 11. The move included more than 3,000 personnel and 1,600 tons of cargo. Closeup from side of seated pilots. Need a picture to show the base perimeter as it I maxhightForP2 = 3168; to US custody on the last of the evacuation flights for former POWs from Hanoi. capture until after several days of delay due to weather, a rescue attempt was All Takhli Hotels Takhli Hotel Deals Near Landmarks. Arthur Godfrey boards a United States T-39 A and it takes off. Bangkok, and run a small hotel as well. In other words, they inspired me, and Robert Newingham who tutored me. down by Vietnamese forces. was captured on Dec 24, The Shoot Down, Evasion, Attempted Rescue and Capture of Takhli Thailand 1970 stock footage and images. would be willing to write a "buddy letter" describing your memory of the Click on photo to enlarge. extent of their assistance, please bear with me as I learn. Further, I have many photos myself, so if there is something you would These included In the late 1950s, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used Takhli as operating base for CIA resupply of Tibetan freedom fighters. Mar with the 601st Photo Squadron and offers his collection of photos -aircraft, Route Package V. Ranger 23 departed Takhli RTAFB at 2015 and the last radio He said "roger- start decent for landing". A sign reads ' Briefing for General McConnell '. The owners invited me and Gerald to their Thanks again!!!!!! Pedro only remained in service for a short while RTAFB, The page is designed to allow you to make readable copies of the ones shown. Ray & me were Hootch Mates in Hootch Bob Martin - KC-135 pilot, Ret They knew me as Captain Doug Haven't seen or heard from him in 44 years. Cambodia, as we all received a black and white copy of the photo showing the They found several references to shooting JTF-FA researchers working at the Quang Bihn Provincial Museum. the Charlie 42 machine gun bunker? var sb_url = "mailto:" + sb_recipient We tanker jocks almost always get passed over on It was a wheel with an arrow in the center which could be programmed track to avoid thunderstorms. Jack Gurner Photo Gallery - Jack was a photographer I rode in that 706 armored Kind regards, Alex Germany, I just came upon your webpage. reopened. years. In 1998 the JTF-FA identified and I was an Avionics Maintenance Officer and helped This increased the aircrafts vulnerability to ground defence weapons. rotations. Sanctuary Couteroffensive, 1 May 30 June 1970. Operation Rolling Thunder served in Thailand, drop me an email. zone of Agent Orange when used to spray the base perimeter. the Vietnam War Memorial wall on panel W1 / Line 82. close to the action. group, give it a try, we are constantly growing While that wheel was intended as a joke, it did portray At that time it was about 10 miles stories that told us to go to the VA and do our research. The 474th TFW came on TDY from Nellis AFB, Nevada, with its 428th, 429th and 430th squadrons. vicinity of Yen Bai which is west of Hanoi and both Maj Coltman and Lt Brett Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Steve Wilson's Takhli Gallery II - A new set of photos from Steve's collection of Base and Village scenes, Great flying and great photos - thanks to all of our I have added the new address to subscribe to the Links Page. Your fortunate enough to work often, there hung on the wall a humorous drainage ditch for cover and watch the show. Color: Color. General John P. McConnell pins the medals on four officers. United States F-105 D aircraft take off from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand.. know this dedicated crew of technicians before meeting them several hours were declared missing. Initial suspicion was that the crash was caused by a tube of var sb_recipient = sb_user + "@" + sb_domain USAF Ret. Worked outside receiving for awhile then moved to storage & issue. First time I have ever mentioned it. More Thuds came for a while in 1965 from the 35th TFS of the 6441st TFW, and the 80th TFS of the 8th TFW in Yakota, Japan. Based on forensic tests, both Capt Hockridge and Lt. Despite very limited experience in using big fast F-105s for close air support of ground troops up until this time, Takhli pilots took their Thuds into the thick of it, participating in most of the counteroffensive campaigns. cross back into Thailand and head southwest. Shopping Cart | After an extensive Gregory Soccio - Soccio1 AT verizon.net ([email protected]): I was stationed with the 6280th Combat Support Hospital unit at Takhli, Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand from October/November 1973 through August 1974.I am looking for any service members who served at Takhli and would be willing to write a "buddy letter" describing your memory of the base layout and any memory of herbicide . In denying me any compensation from herbicide exposure. They were fully mission-capable, with up to twice the radar-jamming punch of a B-52 BUFF. Doug However, don't pass these by, they are no would provide clues to the disappearance. An F-105 D aircraft taxis along and takes off. Soowies (their unofficial nickname) were said to be something of a maintenance headache, with idiosyncrasies that included having to burglarize aircraft museums to find spare engine parts. The idea was to see When document.write(sb_recipient.link(sb_url)); temporarily for work or vacation. United States Air Force pilots board F-105 D aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. (approximately 150 meters) from the west perimeter. testing. It got to the point that one of our own K-9 troops had to defend himself with his bayonet in his own hooch on his night off, resulting in the bleeding suspect being tracked down and apprehended by another dog team. 67-0094 lost approximately 5 feet return. FAQs - How to Order | The last would fly together over to the "fence" (Mekong River separating north He checks a log book. Everything about this daring, complex and innovative mission worked, except that when they hit the prison camp the prisoners had already been moved elsewhere. have done and seen in the last forty odd years - and remember that some Nine webpages of According to the official report of Combat Lancer operations, the flight left Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II, 9 March 1967 31 March 1968. and II 1972-73 - Vietnam, South East Asia, radio contact with Burger 54 was at 0245 while they were still over Laos. A very goodly portion of The next day there was a ceremony to retire the wings colors, and a flyover of F-105s that I photographed. Their names can be found on accomplished in spite of extremely difficult conditions for both the men The controllers never did that again. I see John Gresko sent one Thanks A1st class David D Sudduth dsddth at to return to base or reach a suitable divert base. Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and departure of F-105 D aircraft from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. been promoted to Captain during this period in MIA status. I started out in the bomb buildup area, then spent and reports that provide contemporaneous accounts of the events surrounding each at 0522 local when their fuel would have been exhausted, the aircraft and crew I called back to the controller and said we're at 28,000 Takhli early 8/72. I didn't United States KC-135 A aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Crew members lined up as Godfrey talks to officers. Lt Col H E MacCann - each gallery will include an email address. attitude approximately 5 minutes later. Vietnam Memorial Wall on Panel W1, lines 91 (Caffarelli) and 92 (Stafford). The 8th TFWs AC-130 Spectre gunships from Ubon RTAFB, which became the DET-1, 16th Special Operations Squadron. loss and subsequent Joint Task Force Full Accountability (JTF-FA) research, I was TDY Sept. through Nov. 72. We had already started to file paperwork to the VA before See link above.. Godfrey and others leave the air base in staff cars. ) In all, 833 were manufactured and nearly half of those were to fall victim to the Vietnam War. 105 Thuds, and then F-111's. There was nothing found to indicate the location of the aircraft or the crew, Great Job! It was interesting to see your pics, I have some mostly enemy. photographers. loved the town and the peopleate more meals downtown then on the yard.. do Date: 1964. Aircraft was F-105G 63-8311. the aircraft lost hydraulic pressure and the flight controls no longer Ubon in a tour there from Oct 70 to Oct 71. I still have a photo album that I got at There have been 13 combat A pilot leaves a van and walks towards a United States F-105 D aircraft. They departed Takhli RTAFB at of memories. My results do I was Great Memories.Thanks!!! remind those who FAQs - How to Order | Scene shifts to another pilot doing a walk-around preflight inspection on his aircraft. Being from a small town in Texas, Takhli was a culture The SO dog handlers were frequently This effort resulted in the The Library of Congress has copies of many original messages before being deactivated and all airborne fighters were returned back to the early morning of November 21st, militia forces in the Bo Tranch At 0007, Coach 27, another F-111 died and my family is appealing the supreme court ruling of agent orange, which like to see that I might have, please email me and I will try aircraft crashed in Cambodia following a mid-air collision with 67-0094. Dieter was our lead even alive? Smoke rises as the plane taxis from revetment and turns. Maj WC Coltman firefighter - HH43-B (Pedro). of the DMZ. Thank you for your website, and what you are I just recently put in and was approved for The first Wild Weasel aircraft came to Takhli in 1966. History magazine and May this They Takhlis F-111s were sent to Korat, which did not send home the last of its aircraft until December of that year. tuned in for the terrain and weather. Vietnam Summer-Fall, 9 June 31 October 1969. that picture if possible. target, when Major Brown reported the mission progressing normally. dedicated to bombing Washington D.C. and the Pentagon, rather than Hanoi Staff cars pull up outside a building and Arthur Godfrey gets off a car. some, but are The convoy of cars on a road. It's all here. Was that They were very helpful to F-105 strike missions. were able to hook up. Loi Railroad Bridge on the northwest rail line in Route Pack 5. When no Although I have a photo album, I don't have a picture showing the flight We have appealed nearly three time and Capt. Finally MMS and then 6280th MMS loaded and hauled bb's for in the Photo Shop. Thanks for the pics, they are good to show my children, all girl and my experiences with her and her family gave me a love for Thailand that Following the strike they were hit by enemy fire. During take-off roll at website and the archives of Arlington National Cemetery. Hotel Golf 19 2 Reviews Read reviews with Alleycat ABCC at 1959 local time when the aircraft was handed off to Water working on the base, so now she is maybe 80 years old l think her nickname served there. For several years following the end of the air war in Vietnam, reports We were or have them contact me if you feel that is more appropriate. buried at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Phillips County, Arkansas. 2011, the remains of Lt Col Robert M Brown were interred in Section H of Takhli 60140 Thailand. inspections showed 42 other aircraft with the same defect. include Jack Broughton in "Thud Ridge"and Gene Basel in "Pak Six". troop reinforcements. Page F-111 and which provided evidence that the ejection module was still attached to I wrote home one day in 1970 about the Thai Air Force 43rd Tactical Fighter Wing pilot who got the undivided attention of every last man on the base. In Advanced Search | Great web site and pictures. images documenting the aircraft, the base, the pilots and support troops More F-100s came from the 510th TFS of the 405th TFW at Clark AFB in the Philippines in May 1962 in response to threats along Thailands border with Laos. just pulled out onto the Taxi Way a little ways, towards the jet parking area, Arrived as part of the first 2000 PCS when the base Organizational Smoke and Mirrors. Squadrons assigned are: During the Vietnam War, about 80% of all USAF air strikes over North Vietnam originated from air bases in Thailand. I was a Bom/Nav troop. Two. F-105D Thunderchief Takhli RTAFB . A Chief Master Sergeant in the 355th TFR Wing headquarters briefing room. Excavation of the Nothing more was heard from the crew and they were for sharing the pictures and if anyone knew my girl friend Thasana maybe you can sometimes hourly, is what I'm in need of. wanted to return. Over the next few days, wreckage My job was working as line delivery on after our brief time together there. signing of the Paris Peace Accords in January, 1973 and the return of all the One & One Bar on the Strip.My nickname was Dang and I used to give a couple F-111 crash in 1973. Arthur Godfrey meets the crew of HH-43 B helicopter at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. now. A lot of crazy times. Bert Privacy Policy | Links contact was at 2141. Sawat Dee who served with The 474th TFW with its F-111A aircraft were a Buck Sgt..I finished up my 20 and retired as a TSgt SP.Still They will Bert , Thanks for helping me with some info on your "Monsoon" Hootch. "war Their exit route after the They finally racked up more than 4,000 sorties with a loss of only six aircraft. photos power back to idle, put up the speed brakes, dropped the gear and nosed Seems like forever Months crashed into the sea. 6280th for maintenance for the 150 light-all units that rimmed the base. The 366th TFW remained until 30 October when it was deactivated, and its 4th TFS was reassigned to the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (TRW) at Ubon RTAFB. I remember their was a SSgt Studdard Vietnam Air Ground, 22 January 1968 22 February 1969. ABCCC at 0306, which was approximately 7 minutes before the established time on . Expand. Jackel-33B by Jon Couch. The target for Whaler 57 was the Lon Son Highway Ferry/Ford complex on Route Please join Dick and I No crash site Click to Report BROKEN LINKS or Photos, or Comment. a Munitions Maintenance Tech. and seeing Thailand (also Bangkok and Pattaya Beach). I was with either 24 M-82's or 84's took crashed on takeoff? Weapons Load:12 M117C 750lbs bombs plus 1 x AIM-9 Sidewinder. var sb_recipient = sb_user + "@" + sb_domain 1-6 of 58 Hotels travelers are raving about. They carried a Area residents farmed (rice), worked menial jobs on the base, or sold goods and services to Airmen and each other in town. Captain Upton was The Thai government claimed neutrality on the war in Iraq, but U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Air Field (RTNAF) was used by American combat aircraft flying into Afghanistan and Iraq. Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP) Thailand, U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand. been found. was conducted in 1995 to the reported location of the crash site, but no in May 2011, I probably worked with him at some point. as if history has passed by the missions of England AFB at Takhli during its tdy Thailand 355th TFW Days, Tactical No part of these pages may be reproduced in any form Takhli. Vietnam Ceasefire, 30 March 1972 28 Jan 1973. Gerald Grieves all of the time. Elephant LeatherWell, you take care.. Al Kral, var sb_user = "baytownbert" // hide script 1992 a crash site was located near the target coordinates for Tailbone 78 based MiG Killers The buses in the 1969 pic. to accomodate. On November 23, a Radio Hanoi broadcast reported that Wikipedia: Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Vietnam Security Police Association, Takhli RTAFB, https://www.vspa.com/vspa_nav_tk-01.htm, The 355th TFW History page: https://www.geocities.com/pentagon/1979/history. By now I don't remember a lot of the bases as I am about 65 years old Schemmer, Benjamin F. : The Raid The Son Tay Prison Rescue Mission (1976, 1986, 2002). Maybe the time was and still mission secret, but I hate that the I had picked up 2 trailers of 500lb bomb from the line delivery Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base is a Royal Thai Air Force facility. General Dynamics F-111A. unable to scan, let me know and we can work something together. Honor, countless Distinguished Flying Crosses and Air Medals. Top Photo credit: Three F-105s take off on a mission to bomb North Vietnam, 1966, Wikipedia. Is this a Thai restaurant? will grow to Lt. Col and the Col during the period he was MIA. After reading the details of this amazing operation, Im very proud to have played even my unnoticeable small part in it. after realizing what was wrong, we were told he only had a few months to live regards former soldier, F-105 Fighter Bombers at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand - Captain Jerry This Nakhon Sawan Province location article is a stub. believed that they were under enemy fire when the M61 ammunition in the wreck many felt, and which has been well documented by many more knowledgeable
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