• U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a military airfield of the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) southeast of Bangkok in the Ban...
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    eastern Thailand. It is in Ban Chang district of Rayong province. It also serves as the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, home of the Royal Thai Navy First...
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    The Royal Thai Navy (Abrv: RTN, ทร.; Thai: กองทัพเรือไทย, RTGS: kong thap ruea thai) is the naval warfare force of Thailand. Established in 1906, it was...
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    The 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...
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    Forces (PACAF) Thirteenth Air Force. After the expansion of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in 1966, most American units and personnel were transferred...
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    26 helicopters from U-Tapao, Songkhla, and Phuket. The First Royal Thai Navy wing has three squadrons; the Second Royal Thai Navy wing has three squadrons...
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    to build the runways for the Royal Thai Air Force - United States Air Force military base, U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield during the Vietnam War. King...
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    again activated as the 307th Strategic Wing in 1970 at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. It managed deployed Strategic Air Command tankers and...
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  • 1972–1974 U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, 1965–1976 Major USAF Units: 4258th Strategic Wing, 1966–1970; 307th Strategic Wing, 1970–1975 Ubon Royal Thai Air...
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  • were deployed to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam and U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand, southeast of Bangkok. To add conventional bomb capacity...
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    battleship USS New Jersey, and at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base and U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand, along with stops in South Korea and Guam...
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    assignment was with Pacific Air Forces, stationed at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, where it was inactivated on 1 January 1976. The air division...
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    other ships, Midway returned to Thailand and disembarked the Air Force helicopters at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield. The CH-53s then airlifted over...
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  • 1975, a Douglas VC-47A 084 crashed on landing at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Sattahip, Thailand. The aircraft was on a flight from Tan Son Nhat International...
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  • U Taphao or U Tapao (Thai: อู่ตะเภา) may refer to: U-Tapao International Airport in Rayong Province, Thailand U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, which occupies...
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    VUP-19 (category Patrol squadrons of the United States Navy)
    detachments at Guam; Naval Station Sangley Point, Philippines; U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand; and Iwakuni. In June, operations shifted to Cam Ranh...
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    left in December 1975; U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, however, remained under US control until formally handed back to the Thai government on 13 June...
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    each nation and averages 40 joint exercises per year. Thailand's U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is currently the "only facility in Southeast Asia capable...
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    Reconnaissance Squadron was re-activated at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. The squadron was equipped a combination of U-2s, DC-130s and CH-3s flying classified...
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    China. Three Communist Party of Thailand sappers attempted to destroy B-52s at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand using grenades and satchel charges...
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    to December 1970, he flew combat missions in the B-52 from U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield. After his return to United States, Bennett completed upgrade...
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    flown to Bangkok to be received by a U.S. military honor guard and then transferred to U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield for identification. Judge was buried...
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    Ban Chang district (category CS1 uses Thai-language script (th))
    Mueang Rayong district. From 1963 on the US military used the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, thus the community grew bigger. The government created Ban...
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  • situ hybridization HH-16 helicopter, a Thai military helicopter type stationed at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Search for "hh16"  or "hh-16" on Wikipedia...
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    an Operation Arc Light mission from Andersen AFB, Guam, to U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield (RTNAF). The aircraft was hit by ground fire causing a complete...
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    warplanes. The designation THF is unofficial since the Royal Thai Air Force only designated it in Thai, not in English.[citation needed] Johnsen 2006, p. 90...
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    Air Station (NAS) Cubi Point in the Philippines and at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand took off to locate Mayaguez. The aircraft carrier USS Coral...
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  • Defense Command and 327th Air Division. ** Note: Although active USAF use at U-Tapao ended in 1976, USAF and other DoD personnel have been temporarily deployed...
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    MASS) Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam (Det. 1, 617th MASS) U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand (618th MASS) In addition, MAC operated MASS Squadrons...
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  • from VP-1 Crew 6, the "Scalf Hunters", operating from U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, was directed to launch a search and rescue (SAR) mission...
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