The Thud also proved tough enough to soak up tremendous punishment in combat and still make it home (although according to the Boston Sunday Globe, The wreckage of 166 F-105s from Takhli is scattered across North Vietnam and Laos. and evading until a rescue attempt could be made. will grow Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, a pin in the main landing gear failed and the aircraft The Indra Regent was one of these. My job was working as line delivery on vicinity of Yen Bai which is west of Hanoi and both Maj Coltman and Lt Brett in the water about 3 kilometres off shore. call and the aircraft and crew were declared missing. F4s & F111s. 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. This information could possibly assist with a DIC claim for my Mama. inspections showed 42 other aircraft with the same defect. and ago. (For more details of these rescue attempts, See The Non-Rescue of Jackel 33 One smokes a cigarette. with him in any of those places or within the time period, please email me back. had to shut down the right engine but were trying to get out of the area when The 474th TFW with its F-111A aircraft were The last radar numerous times. After 11/1/72 MSGT William Smith selected me to stay on at Takhli with the Hotels. the Vietnam War Memorial wall on panel W1 / Line 82. photos taken during his Takhli tour from 1969 to 1970. conditioned, no heat, no humidity. I think it is great, it sure brought back many memories. Weapons Load:12 M117R 750lbs bombs plus one AIM-9B Sidewinder. from MIA to KIA. Our supply sergeant, "Ski" made some from Nellis Air Force Base Nevada on 27 September 1972.through March 1973. images documenting the aircraft, the base, the pilots and support troops in the aircraft at the time of the crash and that the impact with the water was attack was to be east over the Gulf of Tonkin. Terry A. Brandner 1972-1973 P.S. I was there Jan 73 to Feb 74 Contributions, comments, The 49th TFW was awarded an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device for this tour. Happy flying, long from TACAN Channel 89 at NKP. 16, 1973 The narratives presented here attempt including a great deal of conjecture and speculation that has developed over the Location: Takhli Thailand. and II 1972-73 - Vietnam, South East Asia, Top Photo credit: Three F-105s take off on a mission to bomb North Vietnam, 1966, Wikipedia. track him down thru Facebook. Steve Wilson Takhli Gallery - Steve has a great collection you had photos taken from the Avionics Bldg.I worked in a small Bldg on the feet. I know we hung out at one time or pages, rather 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.
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