Nakhon Phanom 56th Commando Wing - OD Green COTTON CAT had flown more than

CAT had flown more than 200 missions to 25 reception areas

started operations from Udorn on 11 September 1955 with the arrival of three C-46s delivering food and emergency aid into Indochina

were sent to the 6th CC where they could recover and

It was developed in the 1960s as a special aircraft for counter-insurgency (COIN) combat

Nakhon Phanom 56th Commando Wing - OD Green COTTON CAT had flown more thanThe Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols along the Mekong River. It is approximately 587 km (365 mi) northeast of Bangkok, 14. 5 km (9. 0 mi) west of Nakhon Phanom city in Nakhon Phanom Province in the northeastern region of Thailand, and 411 km (255 mi) from Hanoi in Vietnam. The Mekong River is NKP's border with Laos. The airfield at NKP is