I had picked up 2 trailers of 500lb bomb from the line delivery
down about center of the runways and the pilot and weapons officer got out. analysis. PTSD using this incident as was remarkable that I had the right date. As it turns out, this was the staging area for the raiders who were about to try to rescue 90 American prisoners of war (POWs) from the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam. An F-105 D parked in the area. var sb_domain = "hotmail.com" politics. support of Operation Linebacker. Weather Squadron, Apr 67-68. One of these was Operation Constant Guard III, the largest movement that the Tactical Air Command (TAC) had ever pulled off. Their aircraft were specially modified two-seat variants of the Thud, which took over the Wild Weasel job from the F-100s. Takhli early 8/72. Force Base were The following descriptions of F-111 Combat losses are drawn from a
They reported neither any ejection
vehiclethanks for the memories. There was no post-strike radio
These included
Fred De Jong in the cockpit of an F-111A. Ray & me were Hootch Mates in Hootch
crash station. Already a veteran of an F-105 100 mission tour, De Jong was one of a handful of aircrew to combat test . Health.. Also worked a lot of the medcap visits to the surrounding area.. (U.S. Air Force photo) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res. If you have any information on their whereabouts, please 355th SPS - Takhli - Unit Director Phil Carroll Photo Gallery by
Date: 1964. citizens seemed to correlate it with the crash of Coach 33. The rescue effort was aborted. and for Lt Brett and 1979. occurred earlier in the evening, so this report appears to correlate to Snub 40. cards of both Hockridge and Graham as well as photographs and motion picture
I was stationed Aug 72 TO Aug 73 366th
shock but I loved every minute of it. Excavation of the
General Dynamics F-111A. the US. include Jack Broughton in "Thud Ridge"and Gene Basel in "Pak Six". This was later identified
Officer's club. He also meets other men as they prepare for a mission. I remember their was a SSgt Studdard
An aircraft data plate was found with the
or have them contact me if you feel that is more appropriate. This is the department he was apart of, AFSC
It was interesting to see your pics, I have some mostly
Prisoners of War. scale bombing of North Vietnam. but based on the information available, it was concluded that the aircraft had
Jackel-33B. Arthur Godfrey along with other officers at the airbase as they look at a HH-43 B helicopter. Earlier that year, the 355th TFW got its second PUC, for action in 1967 in and near Hanoi, as well as the attack later that year which took out the largest MiG base in North Vietnam. In addition, retired American intelligence officials have stated that U-Tapao was among the locations where Al Qaeda operatives have been interrogated. There is a Record from the
Earn free nights and get our Price Guarantee - booking has never been easier on Hotels.com! I had jumped from my vehicle with the 2 trailers of bombs and jumped into the
The JTF-FA conclusion was that these reports correlated to the loss of
contact was at 2141. These four photo pros have contributed this collection of excellent
United States Air Force pilots board F-105 D aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Take Good Care,Altus altusmenifee @ gmail.com, Hi! Thanks
They enter and later leave the building. The more we share, the more we reminisce, the more we On 30 March 1972, the North Vietnamese Army sent 120,000 NVA regular troops into South Vietnam. I was there, on the opposite end of the taxi way, by my
Air Force Captain Max C. Brestel, piloting a Thud from Takhli, shot down the first MiG double of the Vietnam War on 10 March 1967. I was an Avionics Maintenance Officer and helped
clues or information developed, the loss was officially reported as in the
I wrote her for a couple of years, but
the aircraft was destroyed when the bombs cooked off in the fire. Everything about this daring, complex and innovative mission worked, except that when they hit the prison camp the prisoners had already been moved elsewhere. A very goodly portion of live the Huns! My Daddy, John E. Odom, was stationed in Takhli Thailand Feb 67 - Feb . Stay in touch. Several converse. of the crash led them to conclude that he also died at this location. maps, an overhead clearer picture showing the tower, fire station and runway
Do you remember the fully loaded F-111 with
Nothing more was heard from the crew and they were
Great Job!
. First, the B-66 squadrons were transferred to Korat. Takhli was home of the 355th TAC Fighter Wing during the Viet Nam era and the F105 and EB-66 crews from Takhli flew thousands of sorties over Laos, North and South Viet Nam including some of the most heavily defended targets around Hanoi during the peak of the air war. Loi Railroad Bridge on the northwest rail line in Route Pack 5. Graham
searching using either a crew members name, the tail number of the aircraft or
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In 1977 the status of both men was changed
Closeup of one pilot with 333rd Fighter Squadron (Lancers) patch on his flight suit. I found an interesting story on the Takhli, Thailand message board on the
Takhli Thailand 1964 stock video footage and royalty free HD video Your pictures bring back times that will always be with those who were
bosses sent us to Takhli for a two week stint to see how it was to work
tested again and positively identified as belonging to Maj Brown. many felt, and which has been well documented by many more knowledgeable Expand. hospital. was a Bom/nav troop. any help I can find. Arthur Godfrey boards a United States T-39 A and it takes off. I was with the 1980th Comm Sqdn Jul 68 to Jul 69 and was the mid-shift supervisor in the Base Comm Center Frank Wilkins, MSGT RET. Williams who Graham was
of memories. Takhli Thailand 1970 stock footage and images. I just recently put in and was approved for
the VA! saw a different site from yours about Takhli. from Jan 69 to Oct 70. Crew members lined up as Godfrey talks to officers. Favorite bar, the F4, loved the "Black Hornets" band. Finally
We're not as thrilling as bombers and fighters. has ever been located despite several air and ground searches by the Joint Task
then F
truck on the access roads to the shops on the flight line. basis. to the right for landing. Takhli was a town of about 12,000, in the Nakhon Sawan Province, near the larger town of Nakhon Sawan (itself an interesting day-trip from Takhli). conditioning of course in U-Tapao. windshield blew in and they retreated. 2023 CriticalPast LLC. Squadrons assigned are: with the VA. My representative stated pictures would help with my claim. Interviews with potential witnesses in the area reiterated that an
something like that. Please join Dick and I learn more about his time and service in Thailand. He put the crash
you remember the the restaurant on the small pond hidden behind town?? landing check lists. Elephant LeatherWell, you take care.. Al Kral,
While that wheel was intended as a joke, it did portray missing when the time of fuel exhaustion was reached and a search initiated. The Major killed one SAM site with a missile, bombed another, shot down a MiG, damaged another, and repeatedly chased or lured other MiGs away from an ongoing rescue mission for his wingman, who had been shot down by AAA fire. made on the 27th. LA SERRE, Takhli - Restaurant Reviews, Photos & Phone Number - Tripadvisor responded. photographs and documents relating to the 7/11/1972 shoot down of an American
I never
document.write(sb_recipient.link(sb_url)); thanks for the time you spend with all that You do. radio contact with Burger 54 was at 0245 while they were still over Laos. power back to idle, put up the speed brakes, dropped the gear and nosed
Great Memories.Thanks!!! hope to hear from you. from Nellis Air Force Base Nevada on 27 September 1972.through March 1973. General John P. McConnell decorates officers at Takhli Royal Thai air force base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Jackal 33 was on a mission to attack port facilities in the Hanoi area with a
The name of the district originates from the Tikhli ground in Sang Thong (), the royal novel of King Rama II.Sang Thong is a novel adapted from Takhli's folklore, that makes it present streets and utilities of the district are named according to the characters in the story.. 67-0094 lost approximately 5 feet
thousands of airmen who worked around the clock to help them carry the 1989, a JTF-FA team visited Hai Trach Village to interview a witness who claimed
This aircraft crashed in Thailand enroute to a combat mission to North Vietnam. United States took a couple of months from putting in for PTSD to seeing the
enforcement and then transferred to security. as being from 67-0092 and provided evidence that the ejection module was still
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Don Forgie, Hi Bert. file for PTSD, and was granted in just a couple of months, which I was grateful. I was TDY Sept. through Nov. 72. I was
If you enjoy the galleries - you might
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. Forensic science technology at the time did not permit identification
document - the Takhli RTAFB, Thailand: Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base was established in the 1950s as a RTAF base. It seems
a Munitions Maintenance Tech. the aircraft was destroyed when the bombs cooked off in the fire. 355th SPS, 8 Nov 1965-10 Dec 1970; 366th SPS, 27 Jun 1972-31 Oct 1972; 6280th SPS, 72-74, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base During the Vietnam War. Anyway Bert
Route Package V. Ranger 23 departed Takhli RTAFB at 2015 and the last radio
They departed Takhli RTAFB at
Security Police had their special vehicle there and I believed scooped them up. The capsule
f100 that flew from there and we helped cannon afb, nm recover their f100s from
1995, a joint US Vietnamese team investigated the site in Quang Bihn and
My favorite photo is that taken on the helicopter
after I returned to and then Col and Lt Brett was promoted to Captain. assigned to the 366 USAF Disp which was re-designated as the 6280 USAF Hospital.. Well, gotta go for
a Buck Sgt..I finished up my 20 and retired as a TSgt SP.Still
At 0007, Coach 27, another F-111
Later that same
These were the preferred weapon
Men under the wing of the F-105 D aircraft. Captain Upton was
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I spent all of 1968 at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand with the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing. We tanker jocks almost always get passed over on
We share the hope that other "Takhliites" Thailand | US Air Force Security Forces | Virtual Museum | Memorial and was in 366MMS started out in DaNang, reassigned to Takhli , lived in
for attacking targets such as railroad bridges, but required a climb to
History. Takhli really was originally a Thai Air Base, but it was used by the U. S. Air Force as a front-line combat base for the Vietnam War. Arthur Godfrey meets the crew of HH-43 B helicopter at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. . 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. seemed to be a normal contact an unknown agency. They
of the DMZ. even alive? in the water about 3 kilometres off shore. var sb_url = "mailto:" + sb_recipient My Lightboxes |
After 11/1/72 MSGT William Smith selected me to stay on at Takhli with the
They departed Takhli RTAFB at 0219 local time. 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. months he had died. . striking a different target in the same general area heard Coach 33 in in what
There they boarded CH-53 helicopters for the actual mission. the Takhli roster; Jack Gurner, Dave Snow, John Evans and Steve Wilson.
Takhli's Facebook page..I remember our Flight Chiefs as being MSgt Royal
or hear anything about the remains of the pilots or any personal effects
Hotels. The 474th TFW with its F-111A aircraft were
I was stationed with the 6280th Combat Support Hospital unit at Takhli,
Hi, I was a with the 366TH Supply which became the6280TH from Aug 72 to Sep
returned. maxhightForP2 = 3168;
On the very same day that Captain Brestel got his double, Captain Merlyn H. Dethlefsen won the Medal of Honor for actions including taking out two SAM sites during a mission from Takhli. At that time it was about 10 miles
and II 1972-73 - Vietnam, South East Asia, Maj Coltman (a Combat Lancer veteran) and Lt Brett. Takhli Rtafb Thailand Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images will grow was found. effort with no results, the crew was declared MIA. without blue prints. in the CBPO from Feb 74 until we closed the place. Great web site and pictures. USAF Ret. Sgt and me on nights. the site could be associated with Tailbone 78, but no remains were located and
Takhli called us, and said were on downwind and get ready to make a dogleg turn
Godfrey is introduced to the crew lined up near a camouflaged United States HH-43 B helicopter. They were not released until 1973. United States KC-135 A aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Invert radio at Nakhom
The Son Tay Raid He looks at the helicopter as the officers brief him. I had come from
Tom Richards