9/15/2023 0 Comments Royal air force gun gunshipIn fact, Second Air Force invited us down to tell the rest of the organizations how we did it. He lived up to his word and we set some flying and alert records in the wilderness there. The Deputy Commander for Maintenance told me to just let him know how many B-52 and KC135 sorties we wanted, when day and night and how configured and he would provide them. There were two seasons there, July and Winter. During my absence from Southeast Asia, I was Director of Operations and Training (DOT) in the SAC wing at Kincheloe AFB on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. My association with the Wing and Squadron dated from Decemafter approximately eight months service in the States since leaving the Shadows of Saigon. This is the way I remember my time with the Stinger Gunships of the 18th Special Operations Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing at Nakhon Phanom (NKP) Royal Air Base in Thailand. Teal USAF (Ret), 18th SOS, Detachment 1 Commander Stinger Gunships at DaNang and Distant Places December 1971 to April 1973 By Colonel Tom A.
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