UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Navy COTTON [2] On 20 April 1966

[2] On 20 April 1966 the Marines returned to An Hoa on Operation Georgia

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Air America's support of US assistance programs in Laos

All USAF personnel were fully armed after 1965

7/17th Air Cavalry was redesignated H Troop

UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Navy COTTON [2] On 20 April 1966Udorn 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