Takhli Thailand Proudly Served - Navy COTTON On 22 February 1966

On 22 February 1966

2245°E) near the Cham Museum began operation in November 1965 off-loading LCU's and LST's

Martin later modified the design to incorporate larger quantities of US-sourced components and produced the aircraft in several different variants

Cua Viet was under mortar

Takhli Thailand Proudly Served - Navy COTTON On 22 February 1966Takhli 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