The photos bring back a lot of memories. With its CAC Sabres now obsolete and restricted from operating outside Thai airspace, the squadron was disbanded at the end of July 1968. My name is Richard Ries. Saw wa Dee [20] On 13 May 1972 8th TFW F-4s equipped with laser-guided bombs succeeded in dropping a span of the Thanh Ha Bridge which had been unscathed despite hundreds of previous attacks. I remember living in the old hootches when I first arrived, and moving to the new cinderblock barracks later on. Terms & Conditions | Hey Charlie ,by the way, do you remember TSGT Hughie Martin from our 2nd tour, Ive been emailing with him for about ten years, hes also on Ubon Vets FB. The construction of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield began in October, 1965 and was completed slightly more than two years later. If you wont do it for yourselves then do it for your families. I was in FMS squadron, ejection seats (egress), cant remember the squadron number. Link to this photo view: Link to this photo large view: Four Thai homes were destroyed. And I also remember attacks by suppers at the base. It is a lot harder for us(VSOs) to establish the hard evidence that may be neccessary for a widows claim if you are already dead. Dang! At 11:00 15 August 1973, the Congressionally-mandated cutoff went into effect, bringing combat activities over the skies of Cambodia to an end. Do searches on Peppers Bakery and Cafe, Spagos, Wrong Way Cafe, TC Kitchen, NJoy pub just to name a few. for some reason I thought they were all borrowed names from Ford Motor company. My husband is not pc savy so I will have to do it for him. 408 mms 69-70 weapons loading. On 26 May 1967, the personnel and equipment of the 40th TFS were transferred to the 8th Fighter Wing based in Thailand. The entire area was overgrown with heavy thickets of vines and brush. At 02:00 5 explosions damaged 2, 12 January 1970: at 22:30 on 11 January a Thai villager reported seeing 16 armed Vietnamese 3km and the base was put on alert. Hide. These are bombs man, this is napalm, that is HEI ammo, weapons loading you get to make a mistake only once. I have a few pictures of life in the bomb dump. Hi Bob, I love the first hand reports of these mortar attacks on the base. old I have a claim into the va, and there telling me that I didnt get near the perimeter of the base, where they used agent orange to kill the weeds on the perimeter, I know there are wrong and I would like to know if anyone has a list of the augmentees during this time period Thanks Steve Wegher, Check out UBON VETS Facebook page,,it is a closed group,,you will need to join,, but a wealth of info for your claim, if you find help we would all like to hear i have had kidney and heart problems from return to the us from ubon in 1970, I was an avionics type when I was assigned to Ubon from 6/68 to 6/69. Join VetFriends To: Reunite with Unit Buddies. Ill never forget that year.So many memories and great guys !! I always guessed they just wanted to get close to the action. Nov. 62 to Jul 63 and Jan to Jul 67. Visitors are welcome to listen and interact with SAM subject matter experts located throughout the Presidential Gallery in . The PTSD got to him in the end though. Congressional pressure in Washington grew against these bombings, and on 30 June 1973, the United States Congress passed Public law PL 93-50 and 93-52, which cut off all funds for combat in Cambodia and all of Indochina effective 15 August 1973. 1970 - (C-5A @ Ubon Thailand - Brought In Replacement AC-130A Wing) by Spectre Veteran 1970 - (AC-130A Spectre Gunship . Go figure. The Army Post Office (APO) code for Ubon was "APO San Francisco 96304". I also lived in cinder block barracks near the perimeter. We worked the 6:00 pm 6:00 am shift 6 days a week (sometimes 7 days). that a large group of Viet Cong had been spotted enroute to the base and that the Thai Army had been sent out to intercept them. It is scaled at 1:1,562,500 and provides coverage for all of Thailand. Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base was the home of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing -"Wolfpack". I have ever found an article about Do you have UBON AIR BASE THAILAND Reunion information you'd like to share. 24 May 1969: USAF AC-130A damaged by AAA fire over Laos crashed on landing with one crewman killed, 7 June 1969: USAF EC-47 #43-49547 crashed into the. I have one for Udorn, but cannot locate one for Ubon. Also locations he worked, like where the bombs were etc. I remember the attack I was working on my F4 preparing it for the morning mission when you heard the mortars; it was like they were walking one exposition after another. I dont know if we armed any more flights that night, the early morning wolf birds with centerline gun pod, two inboard rocket pods, two outboard fuel tanks, may have waited for day shift at 0600 hours. Again, all not sure how this sight works and dont want to occupy all space with my individual case and requests so, will try to contact administrator about this before continuing forward. THAILAND Ubon RTAFB Towers and Bunkers 8th SPS, Ubon RTAFB, 8 Dec 1965-16 Sep 1974 . Your welcome, may God bless you in your search for answers. Thirty-six strike aircraft dropped 94 tons of bombs and destroyed one span of the bridge and part of the highway. (That hole was still there when I left in Sept.) Tha next thing I saw was the two would be heroes belly down on the maintenance ramp, closer than close to the wall, dead silent and crawling fast fast as if their lives depended on it. I was in Ubon 12\72-12\73. Photographs of Ubon's perimeter demonstrate it was pushed back and that there was a lack of foliage between the old and new perimeter. Final approach cockpit view to runway 18 at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand. Best friend to this day was Jimmy Dean. [4]:21, At Ubon, the 8th TFW's mission included bombardment, ground support, air defense, interdiction, and armed reconnaissance. For the civil use of the facility after July 1974, see Ubon Ratchathani Airport Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base is a Royal Thai Air Force facility and is the home of Wing 21 of the RTAF 2nd Air Division. Thank you ,Ron. (Two other Thai bases where my law firm has heard of successful proof of Agent Orange exposure is Ramuson and Phu Mu). Edsel, Mercury, Galaxy, ? Some of the missiles i loaded took down Migs. The base was granted hostile action pay for Oct. The base alarm went off and they told us to go the flight shack. June 68 thru Oct ; was then transferred to Igloo White till my tour ended in May 69. Good to hear from you after 44 years! I am desperate for evidence to present to the Regional Board for an Agent Orange Hearing. Col. Robin Olds. Ubon (Ubon Ratchathani) Royal Thai Air Force Base is located approximately 305 miles North-East of Bangkok. google_ad_width = 250; I was at Ubon for both of the Sapper attacks working in Avionics. The last scheduled F4 training flight occurred on 16 July 1974 and on 16 September the wing and most of its components moved without personnel or equipment to Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, where the wing absorbed resources of the 3d TFW that had moved without personnel or equipment to the Philippines. I was with the 433rd my aircraft number 644679D It carried the laser pod. 8th SPS K-9 Sentry Dog King, was killed during the . God Speed! Im writing a book based on his experiences but unfortunately hed passed away so I cant get more information from him on what life on the base was like. Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand Ubon RTAFB, Thailand | The Flight of BARON 52 On February 5, 1973, an EC-47Q electronic warfare collection aircraft tail number 43-48636, call-sign BARON 52, flying out of Ubon RTAFB, Thailand was shot down over Saravane Province, Laos, about 50 miles east of the city of Saravane. Wheelus Air Base was a former Italian and Nazi air base established during the war as an Allied base of operations in North Africa. 79 Squadron RAAF which provided top-cover for USAF aircraft whilst in Thai airspace with its CAC Sabres. A pair of RF-4C aircraft flying overhead to commence landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam War. If any one knows how I can start looking into this please email me or let me know. (just learning at 68 how this thing works). We were loading and had a break caught the very end of the show, Called your office the other day, fella said he had your desk, chair & phone for a couple years, so you must have retired. If I recall it took place after the October mortar attack. The 83rd eventually transferred to Udorn, where it morphed into the 7th RRFS. Now as a member of your veteran family and a County Veterans Service Officer I know you are all aware of your exposure to Agent Orange, the diseases it causes, and which AF bases & when the VA has already acknowledged. Hi Gary, ( I dont remember ever decertifying any crew ! ) ASA units in Thailand, clarified by Gary Kay: The 5th RRU was there first, of course, and it morphed into the 83rd RRSOU, still in Bangkok. USAF and USN fighters confronted the MiGs in two phases: 1965-1968 and 1972-1973, separated by an interval when operations over North Vietnam were halted during negotiations attempting to end the war. Sorry to hear of his health issues too although not surprised. I was widowed at only 35 yrs old with three young children (ages 9, 6 and 2&1/2yrs) and have been fighting VA with Brents AO claim for 26 years now. I spent all my time on the A/C-130s in 1970 . It is approximately 488km (303 miles) northeast of Bangkok. I was on the top floor of the Ubon hotel recently for a cold one while the sun went down. I was TDY with Blind Bat. Website Terms & Conditions | 5 Airfield Construction Squadron.[3]. RM2M9KNK0 - A five-ship formation of Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to Wing 1 Military Air Base, fly overhead at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB), Thailand, during Exercise COPE TIGER 2003. Lynn Young USAF. Thailand Ubon Air Base (2) Thakhet Laos (1) The Balkans Europe (1) The Hague Netherlands (1) in Ubon 1968-69 and I came across this After Action Report on the Sniper Attack in Ubon ten years ago. 79 Squadron was to assist the Thai and Laotian governments in actions against communist insurgents during the early years of the Vietnam War. We were told by intel. Like some previous comments, memory not great. I was TDY from the 1ST MOB out of Clark from APR 62 until AUG 62. Go figure. I was at Ubon 68/69 during first Sapper attack. Vets of the 5th who are "just looking" and who are not familiar with all the changes that happened might not realize that the 83rd RRSOU, which is shown, is also the 5th RRU, which is the unit in which the seeker of information may have served. Assume it must have been sprayed ? Thailand Ubon Air Base 1967 stock footage and images - Showing 1 to 6 of 11470 results Sort by: All All Search Results Decade 1890 - 1899 (1) 1900 - 1909 (26) 1910 - 1919 (277) 1920 - 1929 (324) more Location Aachen Germany (3) Abadan Iran (2) Abilene Kansas United States USA (1) Abilene Texas USA (5) more Adak Alaska USA (1) October 1972 73. Plotters marking board, scope operator, senior director and combat information sector controller at radar sets. Aircraft parked at the air base. [17][15]:105 By April 1969 the 16th SOS accounted for 44 percent of all trucks destroyed in Laos while flying only 3.7 percent of the sorties. Two airmen from up the line came walking and talking to the end of the revetments. or is it AO..kay?). Thailand Military Bases and Agent Orange Exposure VA presumes (assumes) exposure to Agent Orange for Veterans who served on any U.S. or Royal Thai military base in Thailand from January 9, 1962, through June 30, 1976. My Account | Feel free to email the photos to me at memock at westnet.com.au. I sent for my service record and got about eight pages (three APRs and some travel vouchers) but nothing concerning any of the information I need. AIR FORCE PHOTOS. Contact us at rosiesbak@gmail.com please. I read years later that they missed a barrier cable on landing. . I am . I need to brush up on my history! Shopping Cart | Hi Virgil, I also was at Ubon May 69 to may 70. [20], The 13th BS remained but was no longer manned or equipped and was kept in a non-operational status with the 8th TFW until finally being inactivated on 24 December 1972. lol, Hello folks. The 432nd TRW was the most diversified unit of its size in the Air Force. Ubon was the location of TACAN station Channel 51 and was referenced by that identifier in voice communications during air missions. Udon, Ubon and Utapao are three. I was there in 73 74 on the F4s as Egress. Were you there when Bob Hope came. The Paris Peace Accords were signed on 27 January 1973 by the governments of North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the United States with the intent to establish peace in Vietnam. The squadron was established in May 1943 as a fighter unit equipped with Supermarine Spitfires, and subsequently saw combat in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II.Between June 1943 and the end of the war in August 1945 it flew air defence patrols to protect . 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