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Really shouldn't be in Foo but nowhere else to put it being ancient history. :wink: You'll see a lot of good shots of Nakhon Phanom Air base right across the Mekong from Laos. This is where Air America and various other black ops flew out of. Note the vintage propeller aircraft in use. Click the menus at the top of the page for more photos. There are hundreds.

http://www.pbase.com/635thk9/conklin_airbasenkp&page=1

Second link is of Takhli where I spent time when I first arrived in Thailand. See photo contributions towards the bottom of the page. There's a few in there of the town and it was enough to scare a young boy right back onto the Base at first experience. Some very good black and white shots by one of the photographers as well. Pete :cheers:

http://www.takhli.org/rjw/photo.htm
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Some interesting pictures Pete; there is an old OV-10 Bronco as gate guard down at the air base at Prachup Khiri-Khan.
Actually when I first went to work in Indonesia in 1995 I was surprised to see that they were still flying them.
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STEVE G wrote:Some interesting pictures Pete; there is an old OV-10 Bronco as gate guard down at the air base at Prachup Khiri-Khan.
Actually when I first went to work in Indonesia in 1995 I was surprised to see that they were still flying them.
Yeah, the OV-10 'Bronco' is an unusual but very cool looking aircraft.
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Those are some really great photos Pete. Thanks for the links. :thumb: :D
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The F-4 Phantom(Wild Weasel) was such an awesome and powerful military aircraft.
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Name Taken wrote:The F-4 Phantom(Wild Weasel) was such an awesome and powerful military aircraft.
It gets a little complicated. The original 'wild weasels' were the F-100's and F-105's. Only 36 F-4C's were converted to 'wild weasels' in time to see action during the Vietnam War and the time frame of the photos. Most of these F-105's and then F-4's flew out of Takhli per my memory. See attached. Pete :cheers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Weasel
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Name Taken wrote:The F-4 Phantom(Wild Weasel) was such an awesome and powerful military aircraft.
The German air force still uses the F-4.
When I was working in Munich a few years ago they used to be seen flying around some days and forget 'stealth', you can hear them coming from miles away as long as they're not flying at supersonic speeds.
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For anyone interested in a bit of extreme flying with jet fighters, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXwUlKG9aN8
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Did you see the pilot reading the map, 50ft off the deck. :shock: I hope he doesn't go on to be an airline pilot. :twisted:

I puked in the sick bag. :oops:
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