Interview: Lt. Col. John Halliday (USAFR, Ret.)
Author, Flying Through Midnight

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Navy P-2

A-26

Nakhon Phanom

Q. The covert air war over Laos was largely supported by a somewhat motley collection of WWII-era aircraft operating out of Nakhon Phanom RTAFB (NKP). Please describe the base itself, your living quarters, and ‘life at NKP.’  

A. I’ll do better than describe; I’ll show. But NKP life was complex. I suggest reading the first chapter at FlyingThroughMidnight.com for the best answer.

NKP final approach, the base carved from the jungle three years earlier.

Hand-drawn shuttle bus map.

A-1E Skyraider

Quarters (the dungeon) during Monsoon season.

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