Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base

Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (: , : ) wani cibiyar Royal Thai Air Army (RTAF) ce a tsakiyar Thailand, kimanin kilomita 144 (240 km) arewa maso yammacin Bangkok a cikin Gundumar Takhli, Lardin Nakhon Sawan . 

## Rukunin
Takhli ita ce gidan Royal Thai Air Force Wing 4, 3d Air Division. Squadrons da aka ba su sune:

* 401 Light Attack Squadron, yana tashi T-50 TH Golden Eagle
* 402 Reconnaissance Squadron, yana tashi DA 42 MPP
* 403 Fighter Squadron, yana tashi F-16A / B MLU Fighting FalconF-16A / B MLU Yakin Falcon
* 302 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron, tashi Aerostar da Dominator UAVs

## Tarihi
An kafa Takhli RTAFB a cikin shekarun 1950. A ƙarshen shekarun 1950, Hukumar leken asiri ta Amurka (CIA) ta yi amfani da Takhli a matsayin tushen aiki don sake samar da CIA ga mayakan 'yancin Tibet. Jirgin C-130A Hercules na CIA ya tashi da mutane da kayayyaki a sararin samaniya na Indiya, tare da yardar Firayim Minista Nehru, don saukar da parachute zuwa Tibet da Kwaminisanci na kasar Sin ya mamaye.

Tunanin siyasa game da dakarun Kwaminisanci da ke shiga yakin basasa a cikin Laos da kuma tsoron yakin basasa da ke yaduwa cikin Thailand ya jagoranci gwamnatin Thailand ta ba da damar Amurka ta yi amfani da sansanonin Thai guda biyar tun daga 1961 don kare iska na Thailand da kuma tashi jiragen leken asiri a kan Laos.

A karkashin "yarjejeniyar namiji" ta Thailand tare da Amurka, jami'an Thai ne suka umarci sansanonin RTAF da AmurkaF ke amfani da su. 'Yan sanda na iska na Thai sun sarrafa damar shiga sansanonin, tare da' yan sanda na tsaro na USAF, wadanda suka taimaka musu wajen kare sansanoni ta amfani da karnuka masu tsaro, hasumiyoyin kallo, da kuma bindigogi. Dukkanin ma'aikatan USAF suna da cikakken makamai bayan 1965.

Sojojin saman Amurka a Takhli suna karkashin umurnin Sojojin Sama na Pacific na Amurka (PACAF). Takhli shine wurin tashar TACAN Channel 43, kuma wannan mai ganowa ya yi amfani da shi a cikin sadarwa ta murya yayin ayyukan iska.

APO na Takhli shine APO San Francisco, 96273.

### Sojojin Ba da Shawara na Amurka
An sanya rukunin farko da raka'a da aka tura zuwa Takhli a ƙarƙashin umurni da iko na rundunar sojan sama ta goma sha uku, wanda ke da hedikwatar a Clark Air Base a Philippines. Jirgin sama na Thailand ya tashi a cikin Laos har zuwa 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution wanda ya fadada yakin iska zuwa Arewacin Vietnam.

A cikin 1962, an inganta Kungiyar Taimako ta Sojojin Amurka a Kudancin Vietnam zuwa Kwamandan Taimako na Sojoji, Vietnam (MACV), ci gaba wanda ya ba shi ikon yin umurni da dakarun yaƙi. Ba da daɗewa ba, an kafa Kwamandan Taimako na Soja, Thailand (MACT) tare da irin wannan matakin iko don taimakawa Thailand wajen tsayayya da tashin hankali na kwaminisanci da juyin mulki.

Sashe na USAF na Kwamandan Pacific na Amurka shine PACAF . Sojojin Sama na Bakwai, wani Sojojin Jirgin Sama na PACAF yana da hedikwatar a Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Kudancin Vietnam, kodayake na Bakwai yana sarrafa raka'a da yawa da ke Thailand. Hanyoyin Thai game da raka'a da ke zaune a Thailand da ke ba da rahoto ga hedkwatar a Kudancin Vietnam ya haifar da canji inda Sojojin Sama na Bakwai suka kasance a ƙarƙashin Sojojin Jirgin Sama na goma sha uku don al'amuran gudanarwa (sabili da haka ana kiransu Sojojin Sojojin Ruwa na Bakwai / Na Uku). Kwamandan, Sojojin Sama na Bakwai, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a matsayin mataimakin MACV na ayyukan iska.

A watan Yulin 1962, an shirya Squadron Air Base na 6011, rukunin farko na "mai karɓar bakuncin" a Takhli RTAFB . 

#### F-100 Super Sabre turawa

Ma'aikatan USAF na farko sun fara isa Takhli RTAFB a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu 1961 lokacin da 27th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) daga Cannon AFB, New Mexico suka fara tura F-100D Super Sabres zuwa tushe don kai farmaki ga Pathet Lao waɗanda ke mamaye mafi yawan arewa maso yammacin Laos. A Takhli, goyon bayan tushe ga masu juyawa na Tactical Air Command (TAC) F-100 squadrons an bayar da su ta hanyar 6011th ABS. A cikin canjin tsari, 331st Air Base Squadron ya maye gurbin 6011th ABS a Takhli a watan Yulin 1963 a matsayin mai karɓar bakuncin a Takhli .  ABS na 331 ya zo ne a karkashin umurni da iko na 35th Tactical Group a Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base, kusa da Bangkok.

TFW ta 27 ta ci gaba da aiki na wucin gadi (TDY) na ƙungiyoyi uku na F-100s a Takhli har zuwa Nuwamba 1965 lokacin da F-105 Thunderchiefs suka fara zuwa dindindin. A watan Fabrairun 1963, an rage rukunin F-100s daga Cannon zuwa jiragen sama shida, tare da turawa daga Cannon ya ƙare a watan Maris na shekara ta 1964 kuma an tura rukunin zuwa Da Nang Air Base a Kudancin Vietnam.

A mayar da martani ga Gulf of Tonkin Incident 10 F-100s daga 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron na 405th Fighter Wing a Clark Air Base an tura su zuwa Takhli.:  Rashin yaƙi na farko da aka rubuta shi ne F-100D (56-3085), an harbe shi a ranar 18 ga watan Agusta 1964 a kan Laos. Clark F-100s sun kasance a Takhli har zuwa 20 ga watan Agusta 1965 a kan juyawa.

F-100 Super Sabre squadrons da aka tura zuwa Takhli sune:

* 522d Tactical Fighter Squadron (27th TFW) 

: An tura shi: 13 Fabrairu-c. 7 Maris 1961; 5 Fabrairu-15 Yuni 1962; 12 Disamba 1962-c. 15 Fabrairu 1963; 16 Maris-6 Mayu 1964; 8 Agusta-15 Nuwamba 1964; 15 Agusta-25 Nuwamba 1965

* 523d Tactical Fighter Squadron (27th TFW) 

: An tura shi: 5 Satumba-20 Nuwamba 1961; 12 Oktoba 1962-c. 15 Janairu 1963; 17 Satumba-20 Nuwamba 1963; 12 Yuni-4 Satumba 1964; 22 Maris-30 Yuni 1965

* 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron (27th TFW) 

: An tura shi: 10 Fabrairu-16 Yuni 1961; 30 Oktoba-14 Nuwamba 1961; 9 Yuni-c. 27 Yuni 1963; 21 Janairu-19 Maris 1964; 1 Disamba 1964 - 28 Maris 1965

* 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron (405th TFW) 

: An tura shi: 11 ga Mayu - 8 ga Yuni 1962

A watan Nuwamba 1965 ƙungiyar F-100 ta ƙarshe ta tashi daga Takhli, don maye gurbin ta da F-105D Thunderchief.

#### F-105 Thunderchief turawa

A watan Mayu 1964 Takhli ya zama cibiyar turawa ta gaba don juyawa na F-105 Thunderchief squadrons. An tura Squadron Tactical Fighter Squadron na 35 zuwa Takhli daga Yokota AB, tsakanin Mayu 1964 - Yuni 1964 kuma tsakanin 26 Agusta-28 Oktoba 1965. 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron, an tura shi zuwa Takhli tsakanin 26 Yuni-26 Agusta 1965 daga 6441st TFW, a Yokota AB, Japan.

Tactical Air Command ya fara tura F-105 squadrons a watan Maris na shekara ta 1965 kamar haka:

* 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron 7 Afrilu 1965 - Agusta 1965 
* 562d Tactical Fighter Squadron Agusta 1965 - Disamba 1965 
* 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron Agusta 1965 - Fabrairu 1966 
* 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron Nuwamba 1965 - Disamba 1966 

A ranar 2 ga Maris 1965 F-105s na Takhli sun shiga cikin harin jirgin sama na farko na Operation Rolling Thunder . 

A watan Mayu 1965 6441st TFW (Provisional) ya zama mai karɓar bakuncin a Takhli. A ranar 8 ga Mayu an shirya Kungiyar Taimako ta 6235 a Takhli . : A ranar 8 ga watan Yulin 1965 an kunna 6235th Tactical Fighter Wing don shiga 6441st TFW a Takhli.
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