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U.S. Air Force Republic F-105D Thunderchief fighters of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in 1966.

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.
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