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| Keywords: F-105D.jpg U S Air Force Republic F-105D Thunderchief fighters of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in 1966 <br> The photo was taken in 1966 at Takhli Nakhon Sawan Province Thailand 15 16' 40 08 N; 100 17' 44 49 E a wartime operating base from which routine morning and then afternoon strikes on Hanoi were launched consisting of perhaps 48 fighters supported by Boeing KC-135A tankers and Douglas RB-66C stand-off jammers The elevation of the camera suggests that I was in the EWO seat of an Wild Weasel F-105F taxing out for an afternoon mission Note the relative size of the fighter vs the crew-chief walking away The pictured D is loaded in the typical manner with two 450 gal fuel tanks and five one-thousand-pound low drag bombs The load and route distance is similar to that of B-17s London to Berlin The defenses around Hanoi were also similar to Berlin http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Image F-105D jpg 1966 Spoongap en Wikipedia Spoongap Republic F-105D Thunderchief USAF mission at Takhli RTAFB during the Vietnam War 355th Fighter Wing United States Air Force | ||||
