Talk:U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield

message: U-Tapao Air base was named Ban-U-Tapao as per my orders when I went there in 1966 in the first KC-135 to land there. When I returned in 1967 the "Ban" part of the name was omitted from my orders.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asa97 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

message: I was there when it crashed. Though I did not take part in the recovery, I heard it was grossly overloaded and blew the left tire on touchdown. Its gear dug into the runway and tossed it into elephant grass, which which brought it to a safe stop without injuries. It also left the runway clear for the other aircraft that were streaming in right behind it. --Pawyilee (talk) 11:09, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:   VC-47A 084 of Air America crashed on landing 

message: For support of round-the-clock operations, the base was triple-manned. Shifts worked two days, two nights, and two off. --Pawyilee (talk) 12:31, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wartime manning 

message: The 1975 Fall of Phnom Penh was preceded by Lon Nol's fleeing first to U-Tapao before being hustled off to Indonesia, and was followed by the rag-tag remains of their Air Force. The Cambodian airmen and their families were sequestered on the recreation beach, and largely ignored when plans were made to evacuate subsequently arriving RVN airmen and their families to Guam. A Cambodian air force major, spokesman for the others, asked that they been returned. The Thai government supplied trucks that took them to the border crossing at Aranyaprathet, where they were ceremoniously welcomed by the Khmer Rouge, then marched off into the jungle and shot. Two wounded survivors made it back across the border to report what had happened to them, but I don't know where their report can be found today. The aircraft they had flown in on were scrapped.  As for the VNAF, a cargo plane landed carrying the only enlisted men evacuated, but they had been told they were bound for Saigon. When they found themselves in Thailand, they refused to leave the plane and demanded to be returned. They were instead given tranquilizer shots and became the first evacuees via KC-135 to the Tent City at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam. There they formed a clique of Vietnamese wanting to return. A tramp steamer showed up at Guam crowded with refugees, and it was turned over to those who wanted to go back. The last I heard of that boat was when it left Guam. --Pawyilee (talk) 15:06, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1975 Fallen 

message: Agent Orange was supposedly used on the base to clear fields of fire. If any editor knows where to find a copy of 635 CSG/SPS Operational Plan 207-71, please advise JUSMAG-Thai, whose website can be found by searching that term. Actually, any source for Agent Orange use on U-T would be of interest to them, and as an addition to this article.--Pawyilee (talk) 07:30, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Agent Orange 

message: I was there, though not an eyewitness, as I was off-base during the action (and still got combat pay for it, due to a quirk in regulations that was subsequently corrected.) Anyone interested in what I was told the next morning, given that it's mostly hearsay? --Pawyilee (talk) 15:53, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  SAPPER ATTACK On 10 January 1972 

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