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William L Asbridge. The RF-101s stayed until May 1962, then returned for a second deployment during . He passed away last year. [1] It is in the city of Udon Thani in northeastern Thailand and is the main airport serving the city and province. I remember the fellow loading the seat, and it blew him out and crew chief pulled the chute and covered him. Again, thank you so much for reaching out. Plotters marking board, scope operator, senior director and combat information sector controller at radar sets. Browse Military Units. View from cockpit as It taxis along the runway after landing. The Laos border is about 60 kilometres (37mi) directly east. Remember Vice Wing Commander Col. Chappy James. WOW, i JUST RAN ACROSS THIS SITE RANDOMLY. 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. Want to file a claim as I have kidney and likely lung cancer and want to get it on record for the benefit of my wife should anything happen so she can file for benefits. Only person I connected with is Jim Bassegio who lives in SC. Unit of Service: 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron; 497th Fighter Squadron; 8th Tactical Fighter Wing. Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base was the home of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing -"Wolfpack". I was the A1C Entry Controller at Checkpoint Charlie from June 1970 to June 1971. Christina, go to the Ubon Vets Facebook page. I did not know your husband or his friend. Featured Collections | The base newspaper had a cartoon on the last page showing VC in line with the airmen to get their Hostile Action pay. We wished we had found him sooner. Thanks Steve Ive resolved my problem (have 100% SC now) but there may be others looking to connect. Im in Ubon now (January 8, 2016) and I believe a friend of mine here is the Prajuab who assisted in your adoption. Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base (Udorn RTAFB) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base, the home of 23rd Wing Air Command. As his unremarried surviving spouse I have NO information, photos, details of his job duties, specifically pertaining to location and perimeter/fence line. I need any help I can get. The Laos border is about 60 kilometres directly east. 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. I was told I made to much to qualify. John has given me permission to share some of his photos and a little of his time in Ubon. 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. Have several documents studies and EPA reports email me if you need copies. [exaggeration] 79 Squadron RAAF which provided top-cover for USAF aircraft whilst in Thai airspace with its CAC Sabres. It is located in Central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km) northwest of Bangkok in Takhli district, Nakhon Sawan Province, near the city of Nakhon Sawan. View from cockpit as It taxis along the runway after landing. trying to get a few downloaded soon. [13]:578, Beginning in late May 1967, new F-4D aircraft were delivered to Ubon, re-equipping the 555th TFS. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)? 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. Our group was the Combat Photo Reconn Squadron, 601st Photo Flight, Detachment 3, at Ubon. http://www.vspa.com/ub-bateman-sappers-1969-1970-1972.htm. Task Force Delta Nam Phong Thailand 1972-1972 Film downloaded from returning U.S. Air Force RF-4C aircraft at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, Cockpit view of approach for landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Major Mack stands in front of the aircraft. Contact Us | Cant remember what I went by in Ubon. My name is Christina Bienvenu Dawson, Baton Rouge, LA. 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. Comprising the flying units of the Wolfpack are four F-4D Phantom tactical fighter squadrons. 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. It is approximately 488 km northeast of Bangkok. MAC. From March 1966 C-130A Project Blind Bat flareships of the 315th Air Division began operations over Laos from Ubon, increasing to 6 aircraft and 12 crews before their mission was superseded by newer systems in June 1970. Best friend to this day was Jimmy Dean. See http://www.601st.com , and feel free to email me at alsterling@earthlink.net During my year in the photo detachment, my last name was Priebe Ssgt Al Priebe. Feel free to contact me on Facebook if you have problems joining, and Ill make sure you get in. I spent a lot of time at the Corsair Club. Worked with another SSgt Ron Davis for awhile. Some places are mentioned within my pages but all are mentioned in one way or another through other blogs/webpages in the area. Several of our men went to Danang to help with quick turns during this time. Thanks to John Bemiss for sharing those great, old photos! Have you cked out FB/ Ubon Vets? If anyone (Australian or American) is able to share their experiences and maybe help me with some military knowledge, Id love for you to reach out to me alexandrapbunton@gmail.com. I just came across this site, and I enjoyed the photos and all of the comments. 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. If anyone has any photos of my father they would be cherished and greatly appreciated by my family. I remember the back of the barracks faced the perimeter fence. Ive lost many of my best buddies in the army because of Agent Orange with cancer, diabetes,nerve damage, heart disease. Udon, Ubon and Utapao are three. the attack only a passing reference in articles about the sapper attack on Udorn. not quite sure how this all works at this point.. am trying to figure out so as not to hog this sight with my drama.. Oh, Leon Redwine is another. 4th Fighter Wing History. This page has a wealth of information, photos, and perhaps even people who knew your husband. Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility located near the city of Ubon Ratchathani, in Ubon Ratchathani Province. Ubon RTAFB. It was locked up securely that night, I guess. I WAS ONLY STATIONED IN UBON 6 MONTHS IN 1972, BUT I MET THE LADY I HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO FOR 39 YEARS. The area displays aircraft such as a B-52D, which participated in Operation Linebacker I and II; workhorse fighters such as the F-4C flown by then-Col. Robin Olds. Thanks for your help. First time we were all armed and in the bunkers outside barracks. Grant I wish I could tell you more about your granddad but I didnt personally know him. memock @ westnet . Sidenote: I really want to connect via Ubon Facebook but requirements (since its a closed site) are that you must be a blood relative. Joe my memory is not what it used to be but I do remember you and Mike Pruitt. in Ubon 1968-69 and I came across this After Action Report on the Sniper Attack in Ubon ten years ago. Thanks VetFriends. I have been having recurring skin cancer issues in the last year. Love the Flt line photos. 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. The unit's strength during the entire period was about 150200 men. Like you I was assigned to the CBU shop and was loaned out to everybody else as needed. He played a great West Virginia guitar. 35. Hope these photos are declassified. These were originally slides that I had converted into photos and also put on a disk. I was in the 408th MMS and assembled CBUs, Paveways, 105 Howitzer shells, napalm, etc., from June 71 72. Thanks Grant. Bill Knee, I do indeed remember you and our time at Ubon. These are bombs man, this is napalm, that is HEI ammo, weapons loading you get to make a mistake only once. 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Col. Robin Olds preflights his F-4C Phantom before a mission in Southeast Asia. In October we came under a mortar attack exact date I cannot recall. I do still have many pictures from my tour to Ubon and also some from short hops to to other bases as well as my R&R to Bangkok and Pattau beach with a few of my buds. 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. A pair of RF-4C aircraft flying overhead to commence landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam War. if you have unexplained disease, cancer, ischaemic heart disease, rashes that wont go away or strange cancers, look at your service history. It served in this role until inactivated on June 30, 1975. I always guessed they just wanted to get close to the action. I have type 2 diabetes and I have filed a claim. Col. Chappy James. The Sapper Team had penetrated onto the base, planted their satchel charges and were in the process of escaping when they encountered the K-9 Sentry. 314-346-7106. 18. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. Buy photos from select Flickr photographers Hi Virgil, are you saying that there were actual attacks on personal at the Ubon airport carried out by VC during the war? I have played on it a few times. [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. [13]:233. Do remember the water supplied the barracks had a smell to it and I dont know if anyone else had this but itched after showering (may be just me). Learn more about benefits related to Agent Orange exposure. 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. He was the commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon Air Base, Thailand, and was credited with shooting down four enemy MiG aircraft in aerial combat over North Vietnam. In reading some the threads regarding AO, I too am now starting to experience skin cancer and first surgery is scheduled at VA hospital in a couple weeks. Where possible, locate an old map of the base and overlay it with the current map from Google Earth showing the distances, etc., from sprayed areas to the perimeter. All info is helpful. CRITICALPAST.COM: Photo by . I was TDY from the 1ST MOB out of Clark from APR 62 until AUG 62. Many more memories from there and TDYs I went on. 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. My afsc was Aircraft Electrician. The 601st Combat Photo Flight, Det 3, Ubon "The Rat Pack" (Al Sterling's Website Currently In-Progress) The 601st Photo Flight publication "Rodent Review" 1968-69 I was with the 8th SPS and was on vehicle patrol that evening. In time it went away and for about a year the rash would return. Last 6 months I stayed in the 2 story 408th barracks. Major Mack talks about the individual tasks of each crew member. Thank you, I no doubt worked on an A/C you flew. /* square */ I pray that VA wont take years with skin cancer link. The mission of No. 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. Search Page Content . George Chipman Just started looking at the history of the tour and read your stories has brought back many memories. Do you know about the Facebook page we have? Udorn Air Force Base Thailand 1969 archive HD stock video footage clips and photos. The 652 nd Topographic Engineer Battalion depicted the broad reach of American forces in Thailand, which can be seen below. Skin cancer also seems to be linked to Agent Orange, unfortunately the VA does not recognize the link ( need more studies??) Dave I was at Ubon at the time and remember the Egress guy was installing the rear seat and the seat fired taking him out with it. The RTAF 211 Squadron Eagles fly the Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II fighter aircraft from Ubon.[1][2]. I had a great time and intend to go again next year. Etc. Col. Robin Olds. It is approximately 488km (303 miles) northeast of Bangkok. 36; Ubon AB runway No. 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. vinway@kataan.net, Ricardo would you please email me a copy of the report. If anyone remembers that abandoned Aussie camp and might have some pictures, please contact me through the proper channels. Never got used to the taste of Water Buffalo beef or whatever that was they fed us at the mess hall. We worked 3 shifts, but we had to be in the same barracks. My Australian family, have mentioned that my natural father would have been a soldier, In Vietnam and that a lot of them lived in The neighbouring countries after the war finished. Take Care Brother and you stay in touch and anyone else at Ubon during 72-73 as well. I used Calamine for months and it eventually went away. An aircraft flies over houses and trees in Thailand as it approaches runway number 5 at Ubon Air Base for landing. The aircraft had a very long nose fairing that housed a forward-looking radar and two internal aluminum weapons dispensers for CBU bomblets but no side-firing guns. At 02:01 a Security Policeman fired on a sapper inside the base perimeter and further sappers and Security Police joined the engagement with 5 sappers being killed. For a few extra baht they would let us pedal them, they must have read Mark Twain. Awesome to watch at night when they took off. Do you have UBON AIR BASE THAILAND Reunion information you'd like to share. Off Base Tower, outside Back Gate. The USAF Office of Special Investigations had earlier received a report that 12 Vietnamese expatriates had recently returned from North Vietnam where they had received sapper training. Respond you guys for the truth, as I know it. Just recently and sadly found out he passed 2 yrs ago at 64. 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. 1972. Privacy Policy | Links Advanced Search | Went to Phang Rang VN next, Oct 67 to May 69. 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. Location of Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, "RAAF A94 Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-26/CA-27 Sabre Mk.30/31/32", USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers1908 to present, 8th TFW at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ubon_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base&oldid=1133474716. Bob Maxwell vflaherty4@aol.com Thanks. Col. Robin Olds checks munitions on his F-4C Phantom, Scat XXVII, prior to a mission. Sorry for your lose. I remember most of the experiences shared here during that time. According to my papers, was in 8OMS Section A. Thank you, too, phipson!! maxhightForP2 = 16126; 79 Squadron did not, however, fly any operations over nearby Cambodia, South Vietnam, or Laos. I had just passed the AC-130s and turned off the taxiway at the RAMS hanger when I heard a boom, thinking I had a blowout I let off the gas but then felt the blast pressure through the back window of my MB-4 and knew immediately we were under attack and floored my tug and reported to Red Control we were under attack. ECM shop Sept. 69-70. KP is what I was called. Also welcome are family members including the Ubon Veterans legally married spouse,their children and grandchildren and the Ubon Vets brother or sister.If requesting members are accepted, they will be provided . Worked on F4s and helped occasionally with malfunctions on the old B57s. [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. Grounded the planes for like a week. My AFSC was Life Support Systems and home base was Korat In late January or early February of 69 our squadron, the 469th, went TDY to Ubon for approximately 6 weeks while some repairs were done on our flight line and runways. There were no EOD guys available, so I had to crawl underneath the F-4, and dearm the whole plane, plus remove 2 AIM-7 missles. Also locations he worked, like where the bombs were etc. ( She is still my wife.) I found one person from the 460th AEMS in Saigon that remembered me being there but was hoping to have some additional backup when I file a claim for AO exposure, i went tdy to the same base in 69 no record can be found emagance that, I ran across some very interesting info linking TCE (Trike or Tri) trichloroethylene with kidney cancer, liver cancer, and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Thank you ,Ron. Privacy Policy | Links I was there 1969-1970 Crew Chief F-4 Ds 435TFS Home of The Wolf Pack. This detachment was designated No. I also lived in cinder block barracks near the perimeter. Was in the 435th 7/67-7/68 and never saw napalm or A-1s in revetments. Ubon RTAFB 8th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4 Phantom poster art. 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. 05; Chiang Mai AB runway No. Hes name was Bill. Ubon Air Base 1969 Photos - Mac McDaniel, Rich Jaslovsky 83rd RRSOU Det J Operations Det J Bunker Sang Seri Court 83rd RRSOU 1967 Photos - Mac McDaniel Ramasun Station Photos - Bob Baldwin Udon Photos - Bob Baldwin Antenna Array Perimeter In 1973 until 1974 the 1982nd Radio Maintenance section maintained the electronic sensor intrusion detection system on the perimeters of both the base and the bomb dump. Mike Finnerin here. Leon Wynn Tenn., James L Williams Louisaina, I was also station at Vandenberg AFB. V A says I was not a Police /Patrol personnel endnote near to the perimeter ( bomb Dump?) Pictured here are revetments and F-4s of the 8th TFW at Ubon, Thailand. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denied his claim because the VA will not concede that all veterans who served at Thailand air bases were exposed to tactile herbicides (Agent Orange). First Thank you for your service. Sappers hit Udorn Oct 3rd. I served boots on the ground in Vietnam so my claimed got approved for my diabetes. Do you remember any names like John Butyler, Billy Checkout or Chuck Egner ? Explore Recent Photos; Trending; Events; . three great kids though and ALL turned out A-OK. Cockpit view of approach for landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. I worked with the Civil Engineer Sqdn. [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. In, Intel, Thai, Intercept, Issued. A pair of RF-4C aircraft flying overhead to commence landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam War. Were you there when Bob Hope came. After that one, I think the others were post-1970 from what I have read on other group sites. The RTAF 231 Squadron "Hunter" is assigned to Udorn, equipped with the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet -A. If anyone would be so kind as to share more with us we would appreciate it as my dad was only 4 months old. Still growing your hair long? Eight satchel charges were found on his body. more tom@starkwood.com, Did you ever join the Ubon Closed Group FBook site and did you find a wind drift map for Ubon Royal Air Force Base? John you arrived-1/70 the same time I left. It seems like almost ALL USAF -Thailand vets are having same problem with their AO claims: Proof of proximity. 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. The Australian facilities were known as RAAF Ubon, and were designed and constructed by No. I shipped in September 71-72. Call me if you need any info from me about main gate activity. Operating from Ubon Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand, as the first F-4 wing to augment elements of Pacific Air Forces, aircrews of the Fourth flew more than . Another burst of machine gun, [did they have night vision goggles then?] Comprising the flying units of the Wolfpack were four F-4D Phantom tactical fighter squadrons. for some reason I thought they were all borrowed names from Ford Motor company. Major Mack stands in front of EC-121 Aircraft at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. I was there 1/69-1/70 and worked the flt line. Had no luck finding anyone who worked in the Comm Shop. Thanks, Grant Hernandez. Nice pictures. Even better if you have photos! 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. My crew loaded mainly the 25th but we loaded the others when needed. Anybody needing this info can e-mail me and I will forward a copy. EC-121 Aircraft parked on ground at Ubon Air Base in Thailand. Landed Da Nang 1968 in May, transfered Udorn Dec. 68, then extended and off to Ubon. The attacked lasted less than 5 minutes but a fair amount of mortars came in. Banished huh? I happened to be on duty at the time of that attack. 8th SPS K-9 Sentry Dog King, was killed during the . This weapon system proved less effective than the AC-130, and operations with it were discontinued in June 1970. (Any other Ubonians, I would like to hear from you as well) GOD Bless you Brother. Hi Gang. Will you please email me so I will have the correct address for you? My roomie and I lived on base 2 nights before we were in a bungalow downtown. My reply was because I too have applied for a/o, after spending months cleaning up the gantry area. I have some film and pictures I need to dig out of the attic. Members from the 42nd Air Base Wing and Air University Library pose after a special guest panel session to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the repatriation of prisoners of war from Vietnam on Feb. 14, 2023, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Prior to Ubon I was at a SAC base (B-52) in NY. There was a wide strip outside the fence with no vegetation, dont ever remember anyone mowing it. Major Mack speaks about the 552nd Airborne Early Warning Control Wing, at Ubon Air Base in Thailand during College Eye airborne radar surveillance mission. Pingback: Trainieren Moers Bauchmuskeln - Bodybuilding-foren,