UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Black COTTON In the summer of 1965

In the summer of 1965

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which formed the basis of the RTAF

Cope Tiger has widened to include CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) assets and in 2007 for the first time RTAFB Udon Thani was also used as a base during this exercise

UDORN Thailand 432nd Tac Recon Wing - Black COTTON In the summer of 1965Udorn 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