6) Reach out to other Thai Vets on Social Media. CRITICALPAST.COM: Send me an email and give me your idea how best to display it and other particulars. I need to brush up on my history! Rock solid, get out, check the load, ask a question or two. waiting on va, just filed July of this year. Again, thank you so much for reaching out. Advanced Search | 30; Phitsanulok AB runway No. ), Good site; great memories. I can also remember the day one of the guys jumped into the front seat and inadvertently fired rockets across into the revetment. Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, 1965-1974; Major USAF Unit: 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965-1974. . Bill Knee, I do indeed remember you and our time at Ubon. Assigned to the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the 'Triple Nickel', stationed at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, then Capt. Udon, Ubon and Utapao are three. in Ubon 1968-69 and I came across this After Action Report on the Sniper Attack in Ubon ten years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo) PHOTO BY: My name is Rey Duran, and I was station in Ubon RTAFB in Feb.1967 thru Feb. 1968. I have been having recurring skin cancer issues in the last year. Etc. I believe I handled the raw material of A O while dis-assembling, cleaning and re-assembling the gun barrels on the C-130 Gun Ships. hightForP2 = 330 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. 35. A Thai Govt crane picked us up in the AM and dropped us off at night. Like some previous comments, memory not great. Did take hop to Uban for a couple days when i was stationed in Danang, Vietnam. All info is helpful. Finally a name I recognize. My husband is not pc savy so I will have to do it for him. 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. Part two with more about life in Ubon and photos of the city will follow shortly. 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. - U.S. Air Force Veterans who served on Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) bases at U-Tapao, Ubon, Nakhon Phanom, Udorn, Takhli, Korat, and Don Muang, near the air base perimeter anytime. As an Australian airman I served two terms of duty at Ubon, Thailand. The photos bring back a lot of memories. Dont give up, I filed a claim with the va last July and Im still waiting. Before we returned to Korat, the foliage browned in a matter of a day or two.I developed a rash like hives on my back, stomach,arms, and legs.I went to our flight surgeon and was diagnosed with a heat rash and/or a possible allergic reaction to the weeds since I saw him earlier in the year for allergies. Love the Flt line photos. EC-121 tail with Air Defense Command insignia. If you wont do it for yourselves then do it for your families. Dave , I do recall your guy being killed. Thirty-six strike aircraft dropped 94 tons of bombs and destroyed one span of the bridge and part of the highway. LOL. Hi Christina, I was at three bases, Da Nang RVN, Udorn, Ubon. I will ALWAYS believe all of us at Ubon during the VN war time were exposed to AO, I have Diabetes, heart trouble, memory loss, tremors and I have no family members with any and I also am blessed to still have both parents alive in their late 80s with memories a lot better than my own. The 2 story cinder block barracks was brand new when I got there. Wonderful to hear from you! Hello Dennis, I was in Base Supply also from Jan 1969 to Jan 1970. I do recommend you getting onto that Facebook page though as you will get 10 x the response there! After crouching there for awhile I noticed I was shielding myself behind napalm that was on the aircraft. Nice pictures. 79 Squadron RAAF which provided top-cover for USAF aircraft whilst in Thai airspace with its CAC Sabres. Ubon (Ubon Ratchathani) Royal Thai Air Force Base is located approximately 305 miles North-East of Bangkok. Yeah I bet the course was a bit rough back in the 1960s! Ive lost many of my best buddies in the army because of Agent Orange with cancer, diabetes,nerve damage, heart disease. I also lived in cinder block barracks near the perimeter. Remember the good ole days of Thai Boxing at the NCO Club and waiting for my Crew while taking a break laying on Fat Albert as it hung on a wing pylon and to be delivered with kisses some where in the region.. Photos are great reminders. Crew members of EC-121 Aircraft work and check equipment inside aircraft at Ubon Air Base in Thailand. What was your husbands name? Pilot fills out Form 1. Phantoms phorever. The aircraft were deployed across the Pacific Ocean, 26-28 May, with flights to . I was born in the year of 1975, which now makes me 39 yrs old. We lived in a 2 story cinder block barracks which were originally open bay. Also did the 12 on 12 off 7 days a week routine. Pictured here are revetments and F-4s of the 8th TFW at Ubon, Thailand. Must be after I left. Just before I left in July 70 I was banished to the holding area fuse shop. You are ALL heroes in my eyes! Work was one thing but I thoroughly enjoyed entertaining our people at the Sampan Club (I believe that was the name of the place! I was a Crew chief on F-4s in Ubon 1969-1970. He is looking for anyone who was stationed there at that time time. If youre not already a member, I suggest you join the Facebook site Ubon Vets. Ive now have neauropathy, and familial tremor. Regards I was in FMS squadron, ejection seats (egress), cant remember the squadron number. 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) We had stopped at security post C31. This is the final clip in a series of 9 in a row showing approach for landing at the following Thai Air Base locations: Don Muang AB runway No. Got there sept 70 till sept 72. We were released several hours later and not given any further updates. 1972 (Maaaybe the 1st). I have 4 of the top disease associated with Agent Orange, Parkinsons Disease, Perperipheal Neuropathy,Ischemic Heart Disease and Type II Diabetes , mild to medium dementia and Horners Disease( none of this runs in my family. The mortar attack was approximately 11:00 P.M on Oct 1, 1972. I wish I could remember the house boys name nicest guy. Would love to post this on my blog, Ubon Tales. There was an attack in jun 69 also and when I arrived in sept , all new guys got assigned to fence repair details. It was at night and when the shots and explosions were going off I jumped down from the cockpit of an F4 parked outside the revetments and hunckerd down under the left wing. Major Mack speaks about the 552nd Airborne Early Warning Control Wing, at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. He talks about giving radar assistance to all friendly areas, providing border warning and emergency assistance. My husband was stationed in Ubon from March 1963-March 1964 and has a lot of photos taken during that time. /* square */ 15; U-Tapao AB runway No. License Agreement | If anyone has any photos of my father they would be cherished and greatly appreciated by my family. My email is the same, but they apparently turned your workplace email off. An aircraft flies over houses and trees in Thailand as it approaches runway number 5 at Ubon Air Base for landing. (Ret.) Anybody needing this info can e-mail me and I will forward a copy. Read this exciting story from Scale Aircraft Modelling November 2019. Was assigned to Augmentee duty but VA denies my records show duty. Another machine gun burst and impact on satchel charges on the VC sappers explode, six bodies or parts thereof were loaded up the next morning, hauled downtown to be burned on a brush pile. Craig Mitch Mitchell. Endicott, Judy G. (1999) Active Air Force wings as of 1 October 1995; USAF active flying, space, and missile squadrons as of 1 October 1995. My flight to Thailand also stopped in Viet Nam at Bien Hoa but they deny that also. (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. Never mind please send to Off Base Tower, outside Back Gate. I was stationed at Ubon with the 408th on the 130 Gunships (still remember most of the tail numbers)and the bomb dump from Oct. 69 Oct 70. In a 21 December attack an 8th TFW laser-guided bomb aimed at the Hanoi thermal power plant lost guidance and instead destroyed a Communist Party of Vietnam office building. I DONT REMEMBER MUCH. On arrival we were quartered in an encampment occupied by what I recall an Australian engineering contingent (79th or something ?) These are bombs man, this is napalm, that is HEI ammo, weapons loading you get to make a mistake only once. 1970. Am SO excited to be receiving all these replies! In June 1965, the 15th Tactical Fighter Wing deployed its 45th Tactical Fighter Squadron the first F-4C Phantom II unit in Southeast Asia to Ubon where they flew combat missions to North Vietnam. Sir Edmund Hillary visited the base on 25 January 1967. Ubon was the location of TACAN station Channel 51 and was referenced by that identifier in voice communications during air missions. We were told the Aussies were reassigned out of the country due to an accident where some Thai civilians were killed by an incident involving the Australians.I can remember some details of the encampment like an amphitheater and a few other structures constructed of bamboo.The photos I took are long gone, so my plea to any one who might have been there and have pictures of that camp,I would sure appreciate a copy to present in my claim. Some even thought they could rush us. google_ad_width = 250; Hes name was Bill. Privacy Policy2023 CriticalPast LLC. I have found an airman stationed at Ubon who worked on B57 has filed AO claim. Oh, Leon Redwine is another. Vets who choosed to stay here instead of going back home. The Laos border is about 60 kilometres directly east. 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. The pilots would come in the airmens club and at happy hour with 20 dollars and say drinks are on him, I was mj-1 driver. Airmen downloading reconnaissance cameras from aircraft. It was replaced by the 47th Tactical Fighter Squadron, also equipped with F-4Cs which arrived in July and returned to the US on 27 November 1965. Did you serve at Ubon Thailand? The 3 of us 46250 guys on the arm/dearm team that night and the one F-4 crewchief spent the rest of the night in the bunker, in the grass, next to the arm/dearm shack, the bunker was not sand bags, but plywood boxes filled with sand. My roomie and I lived on base 2 nights before we were in a bungalow downtown. The PTSD got to him in the end though. I spent all my time on the A/C-130s in 1970 . Photo by Dan Vinson, LM 66, UB, 8th SPS. Link to this photo view: Link to this photo large view: [6]:179[7], The 8th Tactical Fighter Wing The Wolfpack arrived at Ubon on 8 December 1965 from George AFB, California as part of the US deployment of forces for Operation Rolling Thunder and became the host unit. . It is approximately 488km (303 miles) northeast of Bangkok. 408th MMS Gun shop,9/69-70,,6/71-72. Contact Us | In trying to substantiate my claim, I went to the National Personnel records Center here in St. Louis to pull my From DD214 and any other records to fulfill the claim requirements set forth by the VA for those of us in Thailand service. With all of us pulling together we can win, this thing with agent orange and maybe can be compensate for it. I have heart disease and cancer. Information about aircraft and exhibits in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. 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 dont want to overtake this wonderful blog/thread with my requests, responses & replies. Spent the night of the sapper attack of Jan 70 on the arm/dearm end of runway. Hi Christina I am the admin here. (I noticed in one post that the call signs had been changed from Cobra to Red in the early 70s . I happened to be in our shop at the time, and my NCOIC had me go with him to the crash site. Was in Ubon 69-70.Served as a Weapons Load Crew Chief on the F4 and worked in the weapons field repair shop. I heard they were giving 10-20%. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! This page has what maps I have obtained from others of the bases used by the USAF in Thailand during the Vietnam era. The 45th flew 1,000+ hours with 24 aircraft over North Vietnam in August 1965. I served boots on the ground in Vietnam so my Type II Diabetes was awarded by the VA but I belong to Udorn Research Group a yahoo group and there are many Udorn vets trying to receive AO disabilities and keep getting denied. Worked in the pre-load area down by the flight arrestor cables prepping ordinance, loading trailers with jammers, delivering ammo to flight line on trailers pulled by Coleman tugs (call sign usually Cobra 5). The following Photos of the January 13, 1970 attack against American forces stationed at Ubon Air Base, during the Vietnam War, are graphic and gory. Crew members of EC-121 Aircraft work and check equipment inside aircraft at Ubon Air Base in Thailand. Thailand veteran Michael Williams, who was stationed at Ubon from May 1969 to May 1970, asserted that he was assigned to a detail that involved defoliating the perimeter of the base. I was actually a "guest of honor" and attended the cast party and had a personal interview with Mr. Hope, Connie Stevens, and Theresa Graves. Also locations he worked, like where the bombs were etc. Before he passed he was financially exploited (long story). If anyone would be so kind as to share more with us we would appreciate it as my dad was only 4 months old. These were originally slides that I had converted into photos and also put on a disk. Christina, Oops! I hope you are able to locate your photos from your time in Ubon as I would be keen to share any you have, especially any of the ones you have that were taken off base and of the city and surrounds. Navigator at desk. I arrived in Ubon on March 1, 1972 the day the north invaded the south once again. [13]:251, The squadrons also participated in Operation Linebacker II in December 1972, flying primarily as chaff bombers and strike escorts. Sometimes, though, its hard to be patient. Major Mack talks about the strike crew's tasks. His memory is shot too. I really hope some other people can find this service and get in touch with people like I did. The attacked lasted less than 5 minutes but a fair amount of mortars came in. Perimeter and ramp lighting maxed and we were instructed somehow to turn the lights off in the building. 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. Think about it all the time. We are now told that the Americans have at last admitted to spraying the base perimeter with agent Orange. (Two other Thai bases where my law firm has heard of successful proof of Agent Orange exposure is Ramuson and Phu Mu). (U.S. Air Force photo by Darius Hutton) Im picking my old brain to remember your full name but can also recall Yarborough, and Shaw too?? I am also looking for any vets at Ubon in 72-73 that worked on the F4 and the 130 as a aircraft HYDRAULIC mechanic. I am glad he did as like everyone who has provided this blog with information about old time Ubon it makes for compelling reading and viewing. Hard to find pictures of the ones we built however. The construction of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield began in October, 1965 and was completed slightly more than two years later. It was locked up securely that night, I guess. A1E fully loaded. ( She is still my wife.) William L Asbridge. Hi Mike Keep us posted on the VA there is a link USmedicen.com is where I found the possible link AO and skin cancer. Ubon Air Base Photos 1967-72 | Thailand pictures, Welcome home soldier, Thailand photos Explore Travel Travel Destinations Asia Destinations From us-mil-thai.tripod.com Ubon Air Base Photos 1967-72 Ubon AB, Thailand - Google Search G Gail Jay 352 followers More information Ubon AB, Thailand - Google Search Welcome Home Soldier Thailand Pictures They fired 39 rounds onto the air base that night which were well short of the AC-130s. 408 mms wpns loading sept 69-70, Joe just saw your post, I did retire about 5 years ago, should update my email I remember Mike well he was stationed at Eglin with me after Ubon great guy . Col. Robin Olds. We had a phone in the shack, we called whoever, they said, stay low, turn out the light, its code red, we know you are out there. [13], On 10 March 1967 8th TFW F-4s took part in the first attacks on the Thi Nguyn ironworks, losing 2 F-4s to antiaircraft fire. He passed away last year. Anyone want to talk I am @ rwilke1@bellsouth.net, they have already ask me where I served in Nam, so I sent highlighted copy of orders leaving conus, and deros back to SuckMore SAC in 1974, plus an internal order making me the 408th MMS Loading Suppy Custodian. Visitors can view aircraft and exhibits that convey the U.S. Air Force's involvement in the war. The enemy failed because the 8th Security Police were more than a match for them. Apparently at some time these aircraft were used for carrying AO canisters. Sorry but I lost most of my pictures in the divorce. The 13th Bombardment Squadron was deployed to Thailand and attached the 8th TFW from MacDill AFB, Florida on 1 October 1970 with a modified version of the Canberra medium bomber designated as the B-57G. 408th MMS Gun shop,,9/69-70,,6/71-72,,I remember the F4 that crashed into bungalow, some of my previous posts may have been jacob thomas or jake, I was also there for jan 70 Sapper attack, and June 72,, if you are interested check out VSPA.COM,, and check on Thailand bases. God Speed! Please let me know if you can. Mike Weiss@Atlanta, Mike Pruitt@Arkansas, Sampson@Florida, Ciro Bua@Texas,Tsgt Davis [our flightline expediter] he may have never departed Ubon, still driving his blue six pack International crummy hustling crews to the next F-4 waiting for weapons. It is currently being used in Agent Orange Exposure claims by military veterans who served at some of the following Royal Thai Air Force Bases: U-Tapao, Ubon, NKP (Nakhon Phanom), Udorn, Takhli, Korat or Don Muang, and others. (U.S. Air Force photo) PHOTO BY: VIRIN: 110330-F-DW547-019 FULL SIZE: 0.26 MB Download Share Additional Details No camera details available. Very much so! Hi all, my grandfather was in Ubon in 63-64 serving with the RAAF. I remember most of the experiences shared here during that time. Spanning more than five decades and five wars, the 4th Fighter Wing is one of the most distinguished fighter units in the world. There is a Ubon group on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/Ubon.veterans/ try contacting James Helms there and tell him that youre looking for info on your granddad. Dave Watts here. Bomb Dump Tower, Fox-3. My dad was their at that time (Vinson). It is scaled at 1:1,562,500 and provides coverage for all of Thailand. The unit's strength during the entire period was about 150200 men. I have been thoroughly disgusted with efforts to get records from the military. Exactly when ????? There is a Ubon group page on face book that you need to join. I had photos and stuff that would prove I was in nam, but lost it all when I divorced a few years later and my records were at my in-laws home. I was a 46250 specialist in the weapons release shop on the flight line. I too belong to the Ubon Veterans site and it is an excellent site. The top floor of the Ubon hotel served food all night, after a quick Samlor ride. 1369 Photo. I have nerve damage, and heart disease also. We definitely had more than 1 M16 on base because on another night we were alerted and told to assemble at the base theater where we were all issued M16s but no ammo. Apparently is has been removed but I kept a PDF copy. Eight satchel charges were found on his body. I can still smell the jet fuel on the tarmac. Air start attempts unsuccessful. If you dont mind me asking, what % did they (VA) compensate you? My reply was because I too have applied for a/o, after spending months cleaning up the gantry area. 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