• Thumbnail for Steven L. Bennett
    Steven L. Bennett (category United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipients)
    September 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...
    14 KB (1,357 words) - 23:22, 17 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
    aircraft was on 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...
    104 KB (13,273 words) - 09:15, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Gary R. Pfingston
    Gary R. Pfingston (category Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal)
    Force Base, New York from 1968 to 1972. After serving in Thailand at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Base between 1972 and 1973, he became a military Training...
    7 KB (319 words) - 02:51, 4 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Rosey Grier
    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...
    27 KB (2,545 words) - 23:57, 1 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for John Dale Ryan
    John Dale Ryan (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army))
    Southeast Asia. The B-52 and Boeing KC-135 fleet was then deployed into U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield following an agreement with Governments of Thailand...
    24 KB (1,798 words) - 02:33, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Earl T. O'Loughlin
    Earl T. O'Loughlin (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    commander of the KC-135-equipped 310th Provisional Wing (Young Tiger) at U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand. He returned to the United States in...
    8 KB (768 words) - 03:01, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
    B-52s from March 1969 onward. Rotational deployments to Guam, and also to U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand continued on a reduced scale until 1975...
    61 KB (7,101 words) - 22:43, 2 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Sanya Dharmasakti
    Sanya Dharmasakti (category Recipients of the Dushdi Mala Medal, Pin of Arts and Science)
    the end of the year. Strategic Air Command units left in December 1975; U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, however, remained under US control until formally...
    10 KB (664 words) - 21:05, 24 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robert T. Herres
    Robert T. Herres (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    to Southeast Asia for duty as commander of the 310th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand. He returned to Kincheloe AFB in September...
    13 KB (829 words) - 15:56, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Operation Ivory Coast
    Monkey Mountain Facility. Three theater lift C-130s previously staged at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield arrived at Takhli to transport the Army contingent...
    67 KB (9,022 words) - 06:17, 3 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Warren L. Carpenter
    Warren L. Carpenter (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    Carpenter served as Chief of Aeromedical Services at the 11th USAF Hospital, U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand from August 1968-August 1969. In 1973...
    13 KB (1,385 words) - 08:38, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Walter J. Boyne
    Walter J. Boyne (category Recipients of the Air Medal)
    during the Vietnam War as commander of the 635th Services Squadron at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Base where he flew 120 combat hours as a C-47 Skytrain instructor...
    20 KB (2,077 words) - 05:30, 5 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1967 in the Vietnam War
    missions over Vietnam from Thai bases, with the first mission flown from U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield. 13 April A South Vietnamese entertainment troupe...
    117 KB (15,596 words) - 13:52, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antonio J. Ramos
    Antonio J. Ramos (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. In August 1972 was transferred to U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield in Thailand where he was the Base Operations Officer...
    9 KB (773 words) - 02:32, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for VP-47
    deployment the squadron operated from NAF Naha, Okinawa, with a detachment at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand, flying many hours in Operation Market...
    25 KB (3,530 words) - 11:21, 13 November 2024
  • B-52s from March 1969 onward. Rotational deployments to Guam, and also to U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand continued on a reduced scale until 1975...
    39 KB (4,890 words) - 20:52, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for 563rd Rescue Group
    joined CH-53s of other units in transporting a Marine assault force from U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield to the island where the Mayaguez had been run aground...
    60 KB (6,624 words) - 00:17, 13 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for McCoy Air Force Base
    forces fighting in the Vietnamese War." Later, the wing also operated from U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand as U.S. forces built up in the Vietnam...
    52 KB (6,616 words) - 20:51, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Melbourne Kimsey
    served as commander of the 340th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Wing at U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Thailand, until December 1973. Upon his return...
    9 KB (1,085 words) - 08:56, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2021 in Latin music
    Monitor Latino. January 1 - Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer and recipient of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, 81 January 5 –...
    106 KB (4,851 words) - 03:17, 2 January 2025
  • Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. In August 1972, was transferred to U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield in Thailand where he was the Base Operations Officer...
    42 KB (5,253 words) - 16:44, 17 November 2024
  • Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. In August 1972, was transferred to U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield in Thailand where he was the Base Operations Officer...
    66 KB (8,331 words) - 01:21, 21 December 2024