This Takhli Web page is dedicated to all who served at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base and in particular the Takhli Air Crews who gave their lives and freedom for their country.

I'd also like to acknowledge our hosts at Takhli, the Royal Thai Air Force and the people of the kingdom of Thailand and the village of Ban Takhli.

This side of the Combined Website includes photos of Takhli - the base and the village as well as any contributed stories, photos or recollections from the thousands of Air Force men and women who served at Takhli during the Viet Nam war and the parallel "Secret War" on the ground and in the skies of Laos and Cambodia.

I was a Weather Officer at Takhli from May 1969 to May 1970 and briefed the F-105 and EB-66 crews of the 355th TFW prior to their Barrel Roll and Steel Tiger missions over Northern and Southern Laos as well as occasional strikes over North Viet Nam.

Many units have operated from Takhli RTAFB and tens of thousands of USAF personnel have known it as home in the past 40 years. The base has played a very important role in the United States presence in Southeast Asia. All Takhli vets as well as everyone who served in Southeast Asia should take pride in their service.

The TLC Brotherhood is an organization for all vets who served in Thailand and the TLCB along with this website exists to provide a repository for phots and recollections from that era as well as support for vets.

Welcome Home!

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Thud Row -Takhli RTAFB Flight Line1965. Photo courtesy Jimmy Butler

Takhli Combined Website: www.takhli.org
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GI-Thai Language Refresher Course

"A Certain Brotherhhood" Col. Jimmy Butler's novel about flying the Ho Chi Minh Trail and one of the inspirations for formation of the TLC-Brotherhood

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My Reunion Page - Photos from Dayton 98 and KC Mini Reunions

For Takhli Today visit the 403rd Tactical Fighter Squadron RTAF Page  - Taklhi RTAFB

Or visit the main Royal Thai Air Force Website.

Sawadee - Chok Dee

 

Dick Williams - Kansas City MO  Takhli RTAFB Det 12, 10th Weather Squadron May 69-May 70  email: webmaster@takhli.org

Website created 15 feb 1998
update 25 Nov 03