UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Black COTTON The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai

The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP)

Role Ground-attack aircraft and close air support gunship Manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company First flight 1964 Introduction 1965 Status In service with the Colombian Air Force Primary user United States Air Force (former) Produced 1963-1965 (US military conversions)

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UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Black COTTON The Nakhon Phanom Royal ThaiUdorn RTAFB was established in the 1950s. The civil war inside Laos and fears of it spreading into Thailand led the Thai government to allow the United States to use covertly five Thai bases beginning in 1961 for the air defense of Thailand and to fly reconnaissance flights over Laos. Udorn was one of those bases. Under Thailand's "gentleman's agreement" with the US, RTAF bases used by the US Air Force (USAF) were considered RTAF bases and were