UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Black COTTON By September

By September

Cat Lo Naval Base is a former United States Navy

F-15E Strike Eagles

The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP)

UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Black COTTON By SeptemberUdorn RTAFB was established in the 1950s. The civil war inside Laos and fears of it spreading into Thailand led the Thai government to allow the United States to use covertly five Thai bases beginning in 1961 for the air defense of Thailand and to fly reconnaissance flights over Laos. Udorn was one of those bases. Under Thailand's "gentleman's agreement" with the US, RTAF bases used by the US Air Force (USAF) were considered RTAF bases and were