{"product_id":"nakhon-phanom-air-base","title":"Nakhon Phanom Air Base","description":"\u003cp\u003eNakhon Phanom Air Base\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1966, to counter the offensive of Ho Chi Minh's troops, the American command\u003cbr\u003edecided to deploy B-26K strike aircraft in Southeast Asia. They were stationed in northeastern\u003cbr\u003eThailand, as geographically it was close to likely combat areas. They were based at the Thai Nakhon\u003cbr\u003ePhanom airfield. In order to stay in Thailand, B-26K Counter Invader aircraft were designated as A-\u003cbr\u003e26A attack aircraft, because this country did not officially allow the deployment of bombers on its\u003cbr\u003eterritory. Included aircraft in the 609th special operations squadron. Most Counter Invader combat\u003cbr\u003emissions took place in the dark, the reason for this was Vietnamese air defense, which posed a serious\u003cbr\u003ethreat to piston aircraft with a relatively low speed. Together with B-26K, in Nakhon Phanom were\u003cbr\u003ebased and light piston aircraft O-2 Skymaster. They were also involved in special tasks, and some of\u003cbr\u003ethem had black fuselage painting for night sorties\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46223990227027,"sku":"3310484","price":784.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2248\/1331\/files\/dnNaajRsSjIvNHkwZFR1MUpzcXBQdz09.jpg?v=1789114787","url":"https:\/\/eventyrhuset.no\/products\/nakhon-phanom-air-base","provider":"Eventyrhuset","version":"1.0","type":"link"}