It was unique in that for most of the war it was composed of both fighter and reconnaissance squadrons and thus known almost exclusively among its personnel as the 432nd Tactical Recon/Fighter Wing, and in 1972, during the intensive bombing campaign leading up to the Paris Peace Accords in 1973, it was reinforced by additional fighter squadrons from stateside and other bases in Asia, sporting no less than seven assigned fighter squadrons, thus being the largest wing in the Air Force.
Although USAF personnel had been assigned to Udorn RTAFB on a temporary basis prior to October 1964, that month marked the first permanent unit being assigned when the 333rd Air Base Squadron was activated. Their mission was to oversee the construction of facilities to accommodate increasing numbers of personnel as the Vietnam War escalated. Even as facilities and personnel increased, combat operations from Udorn commenced as early as 1 April 1965 when the 15th TRS deployed a detachment of six RF-101C there from Kadena AB, Okinawa under the code name “Green Python”. As the tempo of operations (and losses) escalated, the 20th TRS was deployed to Southeast Asia from Shaw AFB, South Carolina with the RF-101C, arriving in December 1965 and January 1966. They operated briefly from Tan Son Nhut AB in Saigon, then moved permanently to Udorn in late March 1966, replacing the 15th TRS “Green Python” detachment there. The 555th TFS, with the F-4C, also deployed to Udorn from Kadena AB, Okinawa about the same time and operated there from February to July 1966, before being permanently reassigned to the 8th TFW at Ubon RTAFB, in southeast Thailand.
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Mustard
BAC's Low Speed Research Vehicle
KOVOZAVODY PROSTEJOV (KP) 1 Was Monty's Triple'
Brian Derbyshire
SPECIAL HOBBY SAAB J-21A Review
From the late 1930s and early 1940s, with thewar in Europe raging around them andedging ever closer to its borders, the Flygvapnet had ordered Seversky P-35A aircraft, alongside Vultee Vanguards, but only sixty of the former and none of the latter were received.
VFR MODELS Beagle B.121 Pup
This is the first 3D printed kit I have come across and it is really rather fine.
Hearts in the sky RIAT RETURNS
After a nearly three-year hiatus RIAT returned to our skies with a hot show in every sense of the word. SAM’s Mike Verier and Ray Ball were there.
Colour Conundrum
A Cancellation Conundrum - The RAF F-111s That Might Have Been Part 1
COPPER CAUDRON Caudron G.Ill in 1/32
Copper State Models have carved a name for themselves in the last few years producing high quality plastic kits of World War One subjects.
Academy RF-8A Crusader Conversion in 1/72
USMC squadron VMCJ-2 used six RF-8As during the Crisis (designation F8U-1P until September 1962), with others held in reserve, two flying out of Guantanamo Bay, and four out of NAS Key West.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Modelling US reconnaissance assets in 1/72 Part 2: The Nuclear Confrontation
UKRAINIAT striker
The Sukhoi Su-24 is an all-weather attack aircraft capable of supersonic speeds and characterised by its side-by-side pilot/navigator seating and its variable geometry wing.