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Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base
Camp Friendship
Part of Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF)
Near Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Aerial photograph of Korat RTAFB, 23 July 1987
Korat RTAFB is located in Thailand
Korat RTAFB
Korat RTAFB
Location in Thailand
Coordinates14°55′50″N 102°04′51″E / 14.93056°N 102.08083°E / 14.93056; 102.08083 (Korat RTAFB)
Site information
OwnerRoyal Thai Air Force
OperatorRoyal Thai Air Force
United States Air Force
Controlled byPacific Air Forces (1964–1976)
Royal Thai Air Force (1955–1964; 1976–present)
Site history
Built1955 (1955)
In use1955–present
Battles/warsVietnam War
Garrison information
GarrisonThirteenth Air Force (PACAF)
OccupantsUnited States Advisory Forces (1964–1965)
6234th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) (1965–1966)
388th Tactical Fighter Wing (1966–1976)
354th Tactical Fighter Wing (Deployed Tennant) (1972–1974)
347th Tactical Fighter Wing (Tennant) (1974–1975)
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: NAK, ICAO: VTUN
Elevation222 metres (728 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
6/24 9,843 ft (3,000 m) Concrete
Source: DAFIF[1]

Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is a base of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in northeast Thailand, approximately 200 km (125 mi) northeast of Bangkok and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the centre of the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province (also known as "Khorat" or "Korat"), the largest province in Thailand.

During the Vietnam War, from 1962 to 1975, Korat RTAFB was a front-line facility of the United States Air Force (USAF) in Thailand.

During the 1980s and early-1990s, the airfield was jointly operated as a civil airport for Nakhon Ratchasima. This ended with the opening of Nakhon Ratchasima Airport in the early-1990s.

  1. ^ "Airport information for VTUN". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.

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