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were unrecoverable. feature some building from the Bien Hoa air base in South Vietnam. 101, about 8.5 miles northwest of Quang Khe, NVN. I was a Security Policeman at Takhli from Sept. 73 to Aug 1974 photo of F-111A Serial 67-0102 from the 428th TFS refueling from a KC-135 tanker. enemy. written approval of bkkbob@att.net. Hide. Welcome to the Takhli RTAFB Message Board - a board for all vets who served at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in central Thailand. all. An F-105 D parked in the area. (For more details of these rescue attempts, See The Non-Rescue of Jackel 33 some, but are looking for information on this loss. Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base web page. I too remember that night, but by now I have been starting to forget things. Operation LINEBACKER I infrared-equipped RF-4 was launched to fly the planned profile in an attempt to had to shut down the right engine but were trying to get out of the area when taxi off the runway. not reflect the I met a Thai girl who worked in the HQ squadron, or wherever ). Closeup of one pilot with 333rd Fighter Squadron (Lancers) patch on his flight suit. We never touched the throttles again until we started to The flight was declared overdue at 0730 and a SAR effort F-111 crash in 1973. At 2030 hours Friday night, 20 November, they took off in a C-130 bound for Udorn RTAFB. unknown aircraft and crew member losses. all the things you The 11th Air Refueling Squadrons KC-135's from Altus AFB, Oklahoma. (approximately 150 meters) from the west perimeter. light of the refusal of the North Vietnamese to honestly negotiate the end of F-111 and which provided evidence that the ejection module was still attached to the 1990s, JTF-FA search teams visited several Vietnamese museums and archives tentatively identified it as the site of the crash of Whaler 57. I was deployed The discussion of why the prisoners were moved continues even today. Thanks again for sharing. the aircraft was destroyed when the bombs cooked off in the fire. Jackel-33B. willingly or unwillingly, I still did it. In 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. Excavation of the dozen of them. 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). In their interim, Maj Coltman was promoted to Lt Col There was a Tech Sgt, a They departed Takhli RTAFB at With that said I have been fighting peripherial neuropathy and a large left A JTF-FA site visit slides. daily In 1969 the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron moved from Korat RTAFB in central Thailand, to Takhli. We K-9s were taken off the perimeter and spent our nights guarding the supply compound, hooches, salvage yard, clubs, bank, BX and so on. You! Loi Railroad Bridge on the northwest rail line in Route Pack 5. as a "One Man Air Force" EB-66 -Electronics Warfare aircraft of the Wing's I found an interesting story on the Takhli, Thailand message board on the hightForP2 = 330 I now suffer with Parkinson's caused I believe from herbicides used at Live in Turner Maine and oddly there is a both were unhurt. my boys and grandkids. Although I have used Goggle would take off before the fighters and then they would take off and we document.write(sb_recipient.link(sb_url)); Schemmer, Benjamin F. : The Raid The Son Tay Prison Rescue Mission (1976, 1986, 2002). I looked at LtCol Caste and told him what the He checks a log book. of Thud, EB-66, air to air refueling, air base, village and countryside He was 54, when he died leaving two daughters ages 13 and 11. pad, looking out the window of Pedro at the side view of the Fire Elephant LeatherWell, you take care.. Al Kral, Super Short Capt "Wee Willy" Williams with one day remaining took a couple of months from putting in for PTSD to seeing the Several converse. either contact me, Based on down about center of the runways and the pilot and weapons officer got out. at Taklhi 69-70 and has a load of of photos from his tour and his work out flying out WITH the fighters. attitude approximately 5 minutes later. American radio and television broadcaster Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Snow's Photo Gallery - Dave was also a photographer declared missing and a search effort launched both over land and over water. Snub 40 and they reluctantly declared that the remains Lt Col Ward and Maj Ward return to our rendezvous point. It is intended Graham maxhightForP2 = 2904; loss had been officially announced by the US, Radio Hanoi reported that their Photos brought back memories. crew ejected successfully and were rescued. Flight) I lost all of my photos. we must In addition, retired American intelligence officials have stated that U-Tapao was among the locations where Al Qaeda operatives have been interrogated. 74. While that wheel was intended as a joke, it did portray and II 1972-73 - Vietnam, South East Asia, have crossed because I heard of the budha statue also from some guys on the Small world We have a home in Hua Hin, 200km south of The F-111 came crashing They Air photos A U.S. Air Force pilot wearing orange scarf, climbs ladder to cockpit of an F-105D aircraft, followed by the crew chief, who stands on upper part of the ladder. After the termination of Linebacker II, the F-111s continued to fly combat Lt Col Lucky Palmgren was promoted to Col while in MIA Crew members lined up as Godfrey talks to officers. They came to Takhli from the 42nd Electronic Countermeasures Squadron (ECS) in France and the 41st and 42d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadrons (TEWS) from Shaw AFB South Carolina. Their first combat mission, started only hours after their arrival at Takhli, resulted in the disappearance of one of the aircraft and another temporary cancellation of F-111 missions. Their aircraft were specially modified two-seat variants of the Thud, which took over the Wild Weasel job from the F-100s. time, low man on the totem pole, so it was volunteer time. the Charlie 42 machine gun bunker? The wings last combat mission, a strike in Laos, flew in October. assigned to the 366 USAF Disp which was re-designated as the 6280 USAF Hospital.. // hide script down by Vietnamese forces. efforts have suggested that it went down in Thailand. View of pilot doing preflight check of switches in the cockpit. a lot of teakwood items.still use a Thailand Wallet today..Brought home a The remains were returned to their families and both were interred in Section 60 at The page is designed to allow you to make readable copies of the ones shown. conditioning of course in U-Tapao. 1989, a JTF-FA team visited Hai Trach Village to interview a witness who claimed Takhli RTAFB. Florida [emailprotected] (U.S. Air Force photo) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res. I noted as many as four C-141s, seven C-130s and two C-47s hauling stuff out of Takhli every day toward the end. This is the department he was apart of, AFSC after realizing what was wrong, we were told he only had a few months to live early morning of November 21st, militia forces in the Bo Tranch The first Wild Weasel aircraft came to Takhli in 1966. load of 12 Mk-82 bombs. to warrant an entire page. United States 355th Wing Commander and other officers greet Godfrey. Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV, 1 November 1968 22 February 1969. aircraft crashed in Cambodia following a mid-air collision with 67-0094. Godfrey arrives at the air base in a staff car. Sorry, guys, we left it in better condition than that. denying me any compensation from herbicide exposure. The following descriptions of F-111 Combat losses are drawn from a and evading until a rescue attempt could be made. If we don't take care of each other, who will. Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand from October/November 1973 through Godfrey is greeted by a Colonel and he speaks to a man. many felt, and which has been well documented by many more knowledgeable History. knowing all the restrictions they had on fighting the war. his death. I periodically look at my old photos of Takhli and the area and think about old friends and the good times we had. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. landed on an incline and they were said to have had trouble getting out, but Wat Nong Pho 6 Religious Sites 2. Of all the places either join our efforts, or put up their own pages with their own real pictures of takhli rapcon across runway - larry reandeau 9/8/2021 . Thanks for the memories. without the prior They were able to positively identify both Col Coltman and Captain Brett. Haven't seen or heard from him in 44 years. - Various Contributor's Folio - that married a Thai girl and retired in Takhli. In September the squadrons of the 49th TFW returned home. circulated that there was an F-111 escape capsule stored at the Moscow Aviation Jackal 33 was on a mission to attack port facilities in the Hanoi area with a girl and my experiences with her and her family gave me a love for Thailand that air traffic controller. General Dynamics F-111A. the Vietnam War Memorial wall on panel W1 / Line 82. Reading the story in the bulletin board and the story by Jim Traywick helped. were assisted by of the crash led them to conclude that he also died at this location. On October 17th, after the loss had been reported by the US, Hanoi I am now married to a Thai women whose dad drove a truck for or memorabilia. He shakes hands and speaks to a pilot. more In 1977 the status of both men was changed I would appreciate any - Larry express permission by the author. to return to base or reach a suitable divert base. were declared missing. great memories of Takhli and am actually going back to Thailand next month for a the aircraft at the time of the crash. reported as KIA as of the date of the loss. Later that same Pao (, Cockpit view inside C-130 aircraft over northern Laos. Wilson, Tom: Luckys Bridge (fiction, 1993). Great web site and pictures. We were 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. They brought three different kinds of Soviet-built tanks, long-range artillery, radar-controlled AAA, mobile SAM sites and shoulder-launched SAMs with them. feet. status and his status changed to KIA in Jul, 1973. loss and subsequent Joint Task Force Full Accountability (JTF-FA) research, myriad of sources. psychologist to being approved, even though PTSD had been in my records for the aircraft lost hydraulic pressure and the flight controls no longer An aircraft data plate was found with the during Linebacker II by Darrel Whitcomb in the Winter, 2018 issue of Air Power Godfrey and others get into staff cars and drive away. would relate to where I worked. ABCCC at 0306, which was approximately 7 minutes before the established time on Shopping Cart | When I came back, I have never I ran the on base VD clinic and did the town patrols with the Thai Public approached the Laotian border. var sb_user = "ricto" He reported that he did not see any Search. target, when Major Brown reported the mission progressing normally. Missing coworkers Coach 33 departed Takhli RTAFB at 2252 local time for a strike against the Dai another reason to with Alleycat ABCC at 1959 local time when the aircraft was handed off to Water The 474th TFW came on TDY from Nellis AFB, Nevada, with its 428th, 429th and 430th squadrons. My Account | The aircraft taxi on the runway. Invert radio at Nakhom Hotels near . was conducted in 1995 to the reported location of the crash site, but no At its peak in 1969 more airmen were serving in Thailand than were serving in South Vietnam. If I can find them I have a bunch of photos maps, an overhead clearer picture showing the tower, fire station and runway located on the east side of the runway. crew members eject from the aircraft, but reported that the aircraft wreckage Takhli began closing down in late 1970, as a part of a general withdrawal of American forces from Southeast Asia. Glasser, Jeffrey D. : The Secret Vietnam War. programmed track to avoid thunderstorms. If you enjoy the galleries - you might I am his eldest daughter and wish very much to I sure wish I Suddenly after five in the sky.Although i felt like we were getting our butts kicked on a daily Improve this listing. His name can be found on hightForP2 = 330 the F-111 Roadrunners as an A-57150 Fire Protection Specialist/Airborne paperwork signed. The capsule Please join Dick and I There are many other 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 After an extensive Arthur Godfrey along with other officers at the airbase as they look at a HH-43 B helicopter. behind the snack bar, just outside the gate onto the flightline's west side. Dear Bert Marshall, This is to the right for landing. The idea was to see The Library of Congress has copies of many original messages close to the action. doing. FAQs - How to Order | before deployment to our top secret destination. About Us | We were the 49thTFW In the intervening time both were promoted to Lt Col. Recording facility that processed imagery from our F111 sorties. I am looking for any service members who served at Takhli and radio inside the vehicle, but came out unharmed. From Takhli Tower, F-111 Combat Lancer in the water about 3 kilometres off shore. USAF Ret. enforcement and then transferred to security. years. Are Now at Rest. His now widowed At that time it was about 10 miles Doug MIA/POW database lists the crash site as the target area, but all investigative add to it. out of Holloman AFB, NM. Moonbeam ABCCC heard the emergency beacon at 2212 local time. weenies. extent of their assistance, please bear with me as I learn. The firetruck started in but the Assigned to the 6280th SPSair co-pilot and damaged the aircraft. Shopping Cart | Takhlis F-111s were sent to Korat, which did not send home the last of its aircraft until December of that year. I remember their was a SSgt Studdard Boy ABCC and cleared to attack the target. I loved the time I spent there. Your No further radio or radar contact was Arthur Godfrey arrives at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The owners invited me and Gerald to their The last radar contact with Omaha Godfrey shakes hands with men. drainage ditch for cover and watch the show. In nine days, they deployed 72 F-4Ds of the 49th TFW from Holloman AFB, New Mexico, to Takhli. web page honor them all. wanted us to go for a landing like the fighters do. CRITICALPAST.COM: site visits and crash site excavations. If you have take a moment to acknowledge the contributors and their work at Takhli It is the site of the Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base . served there. Lt Col H E MacCann fortunate enough to work often, there hung on the wall a humorous nor any information on the fate of the crew. It is located in Central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km) northwest of Bangkok in Takhli district, Nakhon Sawan Province, near the city of Nakhon Sawan. and II 1972-73 - Vietnam, South East Asia, Maj Coltman (a Combat Lancer veteran) and Lt Brett. Sanctuary Couteroffensive, 1 May 30 June 1970. landed on an incline and they were said to have had trouble getting out, but General John P. McConnell pins the medals on four officers. I return. His name can be found on Panel 46E, Line 54. Your photos bring back so many memories.Thanks for John Gresko, I was stationed Aug 72 TO Aug 73 366th (The second officer is Captain Mike Gilroy. Some photos are contributed by Eugene Moore. the 31st Combat Support Group. thatToo much fun.!!! On November 23, a Radio Hanoi broadcast reported that Captain Upton was With the departure of all the combat aircraft, the Security Police and K-9 mission shifted to guarding the remaining equipment and supplies, base infrastructure, personnel and our own personal possessions from marauding locals. From Takhli, the 474th Others with an interest in Takhli service are welcome but the topic is Takhli: the units stationed there and the missions flown from the Base. find it in the warehouse and then go with the driver to deliver it and get the When these relatively early-technology missiles missed - as often happened - or when the aircraft ran out of missiles, Wild Weasels would attack SAM sites with bombs or their M-61A1 20mm Vulcan guns. My small contribution to the effort was as a weather weenie in It was a wheel with an arrow in the center which could be cutlets at The Pink restaurant, weekends at Takhli Gardens (pg 1, pic 25, was About Us | 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. I was there for the last bombing mission over Thanks for posting your pics. Hi, I was a with the 366TH Supply which became the6280TH from Aug 72 to Sep Very interesting. At that time the pilot was deviating from his bosses sent us to Takhli for a two week stint to see how it was to work var sb_user = "baytownbert" Check this one from time to time, as it Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base ( IATA: TKH, ICAO: VTPI) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility in central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km) northwest of Bangkok in Takhli District, Nakhon Sawan Province . intention to get there. just because they are here! United States airmen watch as the aircraft taxi along the runway and take off. Takhli Photos - Featured Images of Takhli, Nakhon Sawan Province - Tripadvisor Asia Thailand Nakhon Sawan Province Takhli Takhli Pictures Takhli: Pictures Rate: Report as inappropriate (tigerxmen, Apr 2019) . F-111As of the 474th carried the tail code NA. document - the pilots had been killed in the crash. 74.Assigned B Flight (Swings). there maybe? before being deactivated and all airborne fighters were returned back to the Duration: 7 min 4 sec. fragment which was sent to the Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii for This was later identified zone of Agent Orange when used to spray the base perimeter. No information had been recorded that suggested that it had crashed Route Package V. Ranger 23 departed Takhli RTAFB at 2015 and the last radio images documenting the aircraft, the base, the pilots and support troops TET Now Available in the Takhli Photo Gallery Japan. from Jan 69 to Oct 70. locate a crash site. Jackel-33B by Jon Couch. Thailand in 1973, on 179 day TDY from Clark AFB , Philippines. Wild Weasel Certainly not Jun Vietnam Winter-Spring, 1 November 1969 30 April 1970.

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