All aircraft were reassigned in July 1963 except the T-28. Some personnel formed cadres for new special operations units. Squadron deployed to Udorn RTAFB to train air and ground crews in COIN operations. By December 1967, the last of the T-28s were transferred, and the unit s...
While aircraft like theOV-10X Bronco,Hawker Beechcraft T-6 Texan IIandA-67 Dragonwere all considered under LAAR/LAS, Washington eventually settled on the Brazilian-designedEmbraer A-29 Super Tucanos. In fact, the first of 72 of the $14 million dollar turbo-props ar...
There we found a very well kept aircraft, but painted in the Army Air Corps´s blue and yellow color scheme of the mid-30s while the fact sheet explained those colours had been worn by the already seen legendary Washington-Fairbanks flight. Having confirmed that what had been established in...