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Peacock wording[edit]

"Out of the Thai bases flew the most extraordinary air-combat team that had ever been assembled."

Really? The most extraordinary *ever* assembled? This whole paragraph seems rather over the top in its writing style. Unless there's objection, I'd like to eliminate a bit of the puffery here and replace it with a little Plain English. Winterbadger (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:54, 16 June 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Map[edit]

...is lousy. Needs to show all of Vietnam, at least, and label all other countries. Labels need transparent bg (or at least tight to text, like Ubon & Nakhon). WP used to have such good maps ~ Sadsaque (talk) 04:16, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RT Airbase at Takhli[edit]

KC-135 aircraft on Young Tiger deployments rotated to Takhli RT Air Base, Thailand, for air refueling operations (typically F105s) 173.30.145.6 (talk) 23:15, 8 January 2017 (UTC) Captain H. John Ernst, USAF 1966-1971, Aircraft Commander KC-135[reply]

Korat[edit]

In addition to the 388TFW was the 7th ABCCC. Flew C-130's with a command and control capsule loaded and controlled the air power into and out of the zone. 24 hour coverage 7 days a week.2601:280:5A80:3A00:9C42:BE4A:6F32:F0DF (talk) 23:55, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Thai air police controlled access to the bases; U.S. air police who helped them did carry weapons."[edit]

I was an air force security policeman stationed at U-Tapao in 1974/75. The title "air police" was changed to security police in 1966. We always carried weapons, and I never heard of them not carrying weapons at any time prior to the time I was there. Not only did we carry weapons at base entry points, but the units that defended the base perimeters carried M-16 rifles, grenade launchers and M-60 machine guns. It's possible that the Thai public and press were not told this, but it's not reality. A quick search engine check will show plenty of proof to the contrary. 2601:5CB:C300:8480:5D02:6E4E:94B6:D8D7 (talk) 19:41, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]