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Nakhon Phanom Air Base

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Nakhon Phanom Air Base

In the spring of 1966, to counter the offensive of Ho Chi Minh’s troops, the American command decided to deploy B-26K strike aircraft in Southeast Asia. They were stationed in northeastern Thailand, as geographically it was close to likely combat areas. They were based at the Thai Nakhon Phanom airfield. In order to stay in Thailand, B-26K Counter Invader aircraft were designated as A-26A attack aircraft, because this country did not officially allow the deployment of bombers on its territory. Included aircraft in the 609th special operations squadron. Most Counter Invader combat missions took place in the dark, the reason for this was Vietnamese air defense, which posed a serious threat to piston aircraft with a relatively low speed. Together with B-26K, in Nakhon Phanom were based and light piston aircraft O-2 Skymaster. They were also involved in special tasks, and some of them had black fuselage painting for night sorties.

Item number
DS4804

Scale
1:48

Date
19.07.2024

Time period
After 1950

Box size
525 x 263 x 56 mm

Number of details
196 + 344 + 88 + 38 + 128

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Item number
DS4804

Scale
1:48

Date
19.07.2024

Time period
After 1950

Box size
525 x 263 x 56 mm

Number of details
196 + 344 + 88 + 38 + 128

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