Takhli Thailand Proudly Served - OD Green COTTON [18] The surviving North Vietnamese

[18] The surviving North Vietnamese pilot confirmed three of the MiG-17s had been shot down

flanked by two densely forested mountain ridges whose summits vary in elevation from 900 to 1

U-Tapao welcomed its first complement of KC-135 tankers in August 1966

Before 1975

374 Airlift Wing (based at Yokota AB

Takhli Thailand Proudly Served - OD Green COTTON [18] The surviving North VietnameseTakhli RTAFB was established in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used Takhli as operating base for CIA resupply of Tibetan freedom fighters. CIA operated C 130A Hercules transports flew men and supplies over Indian airspace, with the consent of Prime Minister Nehru, for parachute drops into Communist Chinese occupied Tibet.[2] Political considerations with regards to Communist forces engaging in a civil