interesting stencils on a sabre jet

[dinomartino1]

An RAAF officer inspects the stencils on a RAAF sabre Ubon Thailand.
Edited this is the correct story behind the Photo
This stencils where done by the USAF crews the night before the RAAF sabres finished their deployment in Ubon 1968.

 

[Grant]

Cool photo! Isn't that a RAAF CAC Sabre fitted with two 30mm canon?

 

[dinomartino1]

I was too busy looking at the stencils, to notice there was no twin mounts for the .50s, yes the CAC has two Aden canons.
Pic is from the sixties.
RAAF 79 sqn CAC Sabres posted to Ubon 1962-68., Thailand,
433 TFS also Ubon 8 Dec 1965 – 23 Jul 1974 with Phantoms, don"t think they ever flew sabres.
AND also stencils of the USAF 25th TFS in 1968 was assigned to the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing and stationed at Ubon,
The number on the nose on the paint strip around the air intake is the same as pics I have seen of RAAF Sabres.

 

[dujardin]

just footsteps from dancers .... dancing cheek to cheek

 

[dinomartino1]

Have found the correct story of the photo, this stencils where done by the USAF crews the night before the RAAF sabres finished their deployment in Ubon 1968.

 

[Cocker]

Never knew the RAAF deployed Sabres in SEA! Did they saw any action?


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[dinomartino1]

Never knew the RAAF deployed Sabres in SEA! Did they saw any action?


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"In May 1962 the Australian Government decided to deploy a squadron of CAC Sabre fighters to Thailand to bolster that country's defences. This action was undertaken as part of Australia's Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) commitment to defend Thailand against attack from its Communist neighbours, which was thought likely to occur.The United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand also deployed forces to Thailand in response to this perceived threat, though Malaysia and several other SEATO members chose not to be involved. , the Sabres along with their pilots and ground crew, were drawn from No. 77 Squadron, which formed part of Australia's Commonwealth Strategic Reserve forces at RAAF Base Butterworth in Malaysia. In order to preserve Malaysia's neutrality, the Sabres were flown to Thailand via Singapore. This force was designated No. 79 Squadron.
hroughout its period at Ubon, No. 79 Squadron formed part of an international force tasked with defending Thailand's air space against intruders. At the start of the deployment, tensions in Thailand were such that the squadron's personnel believed that they were at war. While the situation became more stable from late July 1962, No. 79 Squadron maintained armed aircraft on alert at all times and scrambled Sabres when unidentified aircraft were detected. No air attacks were conducted against Thailand, however, and the unidentified aircraft that were intercepted almost always proved to be from the Central Intelligence Agency-controlled Air America.
While the squadron did not play an active role in the war, it supported the US effort by providing air defence for Ubon and taking part in exercises with USAF aircraft in which the Sabres adopted tactics used by North Vietnamese MiG-17 fighters.In December 1965 the commander of the United States Pacific Air Forces, General Hunter Harris, Jr., wrote to the chief of the RAAF, Air Marshal Alister Murdoch, to suggest that No. 79 Squadron join the USAF operations against the Ho Chi Minh trail in southern Laos which were being covertly conducted by Ubon-based aircraft. The Thai Government indicated that it would allow the squadron to be used for this purpose as long as the Australian operations were conducted without a formal agreement or any public announcement. On 2 March 1966 the Australian Cabinet decided to reinforce the Army and RAAF force in South Vietnam, but rejected the option of expanding the scope of RAAF operations in Thailand. This decision was made on the grounds that the expanded force in South Vietnam and existing deployments to Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore represented the maximum forces Australia could commit to the region.
By mid-1968, No. 79 Squadron no longer had a clear role at Ubon. The USAF had sufficient fighters based in Thailand to defend the country and was reluctant to use the Australian fighters—which were now regarded as obsolete—to intercept potentially hostile aircraft, as the squadron's rules of engagement did not allow it to pursue contacts that left Thai airspace. As a result, the Australian military's chiefs of staff determined that the RAAF presence in Thailand had outlived its political and military usefulness and decided to withdraw the squadron without replacement."

 

[Cocker]

Thanks @dinomartino1 , that's sgedding a light on a part of Vietnam War I've never heard about! Very interesting! The part where the Sabre are playing Mig-17 roles for training makes a lot of sense.

 

[Cocker]

And that devil's head stencil... That must be from the members of 433rd Fighter Squadron, part of Robin Olds' 8th Tactical Fighter Wing that were based in Ubon at the same time!

 

[Smithy]

Yup that's inter-service sledging! The 433 TFS boys have done a midnight run and put some "artwork" on one of the Aussie Sabres or it happened whilst being serviced by 433 groundcrew. That stuff happens a lot. I've got a few photos of it happening at Nowra between the RNZAF and RAAF when 2 Sqn, RNZAF's A-4Ks were based there. Some of this stuff can be very funny.