NKP Royal Thai AFB - 2002

Video of the Det 5, 621st TCS - Invert compound in 2002. Unedited raw footage from camcorder. I was stationed here from July 1970 to July 1971.

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Travel & Events

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• Thailand
• NKP
• Invert
• Nakhon
• Phanom

[zzcitizenzz]

Sawadee Gordon, as to names I recall: Capt, Jim Brown (Georgia?), Lt. Symington (AZ),Sgt. Joe Carvallo (Somerville, Ma), Sgt Terry Brizendine (MO?) , Sgt. Frank Sargent (LA), Larry Zeigler (Berkeley, Ca), Airman Kevin White (Mass.), I remember the whole ROLLING THUNDER gig, long night shifts, the whole crew getting drunk at 8:00 am and disturbing the base commanders meeting-(right next to our hooch area) The Bob Hope show and his racist jokes that were so offensive to our Thai host.

[gordonedixon]

@zzcitizenzz I to was at Invert from Oct 68 to Oct 69, I was a Weapons Tech. Do you remember the alert shack out back with the bunks and that red flashing light and the Klaxon horn.vYou had to have been there when the new Ops building was built by Red Horse. The 13 hour night shifts and you last 6 months the 11 hour days. I can't remember many of the names of the guys but would love it if you could and would post some.

Gordon Dixon, MSgt USAF Ret.

[Invert621]

WOW!! i cannot believe what has happened to the old Invert hooches and CRC. Was a Ist Lieutenant on the scope from 12/1970 to 12/1971. The Docs lived accross the yard from us. What a wild unbelievable time. I remember the plexiglass map, the scopes, the dias. We had a pet mongoose who ran around and jumped on our laps in the middle of a refueling. We fed it hard boiled eggs. Remember the Shindig downtown. Nickname was Madman. Ron Mazur

[MrVet68]

Was stationed at nkp in 63-64 and helped build invert. Lived on the local economy and loved the thai people. Returned in 67 and worked as a scope dope for a few months before moving on to dressy lady and waterboy during tet of 68. In 72 came back to work with the 1st special ops under maj Jim Harding and closed it down. Lots of memories. God bless major zeke encinas.

Msgt herb wild USAF

[bishoptellis]

I was there ... Task Force Alpha 1967 - 1968 it was called the New Project code name "Steel Tiger"

[ancientone51]

Wow, great video.

Many nights on one of those scopes. What memories.

Thanks.

Invert 36 Sept ;74 - Sept '75

[Kamisamadesu1]

Not to belabor things, but Col. Ben Barone was one of the biggest assholes I have ever encountered in my life.

[Kamisamadesu1]

@6:00 - That is where I spent my evenings from 1971 - 1972. Task Force Alpha. Military Intelligence, USAF. I also worked for "Radiation, Inc." when I was off-duty. You needed a TS clearance to fill the Coke machine. LOL I can only say that NKP does NOT hold any pleasant memories for me.I was a "scope dope," and I spent all night monitoring traffic on the Trail. Calling in dangerous frags to kill a few trucks was not a fun responsibility.

[zzcitizenzz]

I arrived at Invert as a one-striper in May '68 and departed Dec. "69. Went back to visit in Nov. "07

[edko1]

I was at NKP, Task Force Alpha, TDY from DaNang, arrived Jan 3, '68 and left May 1, '68. I helped draw the map of Laos on that plexiglas board. There was only 1 car in town, a taxi. Johnny's Bungalow....Those were some of the best days of my life. Never forget the first day I walked to the shop through the jungle and was told to beware of tigers and cobras. .