00451110
2-9158
UNCLASSIFIED
2439589
04-08-1967
2439643
06-01-1967
WING/0056/AIR COMMANDO
HISTORY
K-WG-56-HI
13814
M0778
480
1010
43
2447789
09-19-1989
THE 56 AIR COMMANDO WING WAS ORGANIZED AT NAKHON PHANOM ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE BASE (AFB), THAILAND, ON 8 APR 67. ON THE SAME DAY, THE 634 COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP WAS INACTIVATED. COL HARRY C. ADERHOLT WAS ASSIGNED AS COMMANDER OF THE 56 AIR COMMANDO WING. THE WING MISSION INCLUDED CONDUCTING TRAINING PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED FOR AND APPROVED BY THE ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE (RTAF); ORGANIZING, DEPLOYING AND DIRECTING SPECIAL AIR WARFARE MOBILE TRAINING TEAMS; SUPPORTING RTAF COMBAT AND NONCOMBAT OPERATIONS; AND SUPPORTING ROYAL LAOTIAN AIR FORCE (RLAF) WITHIN CAPABILITIES AND WITHIN PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY COMMANDER IN CHIEF, PACIFIC. THE WING ALSO CONDUCTED CIVIC ACTION PROGRAMS IN THAILAND; PROVIDED MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO AIBA, LAOS; CONDUCTED UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE OPERATIONS; AND SUPPORTED AND CONDUCTED UNITED STATES COMBAT OPERATIONS. THE 602 FIGHTER SQUADRON (COMMANDO), UDORN ROYAL THAI AFB, AND THE 606 AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON (COMPOSITE), NAKHON PHANOM ROYAL THAI AFB, WERE ASSIGNED TO THE 56 AIR COMMANDO WING. THE 602 FIGHTER SQUADRON WAS EQUIPPED WITH A-1E AIRCRAFT. THE 606 AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON HAD T-28, A-26, C-123, U-6A AND U-10D AIRCRAFT.
CORONA HARVEST NUMBER 0201700. CONTAINS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS 1 THROUGH 19.