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Old December 9th 03, 07:44 PM
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Some time ago I noted that
http://www.aia.af.mil/homepages/ho/70s-2.cfm says,

The 6300th Support Squadron (later redesignated 6300th Aerospace
Support Squadron) was activated at Ko Kha, Thailand, on 1 July
1971 to support Cobra Talon.

and asked, inter alia, what Cobra Talon is/was.

Some possible light on Cobra Talon now comes from

http://www.dposs.com/k9/t_kokha.htm
Ko Kha
Royal Thai Air Station

Ko Kha is on the Bangkok-Chiengmai railway and at the junction
of highways to Chieng Mai and Chiang Rai. A small Royal Thai
Air Station was the location of a radar station for the
Spacetrack System. The station tracked People's Republic of
China missile launches and southerly launches from the Soviet
Union from Sep 1971–May 1976. No Security Police military
working dogs were ever assigned.

Links of Interest To Non-VSPA Internet Pages
17 Space Surveillance Squadron Sep 1971–31 May 1976

The link 404s, but, happily, this one doesn't:

http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/wwwroot/.../0017spss.html

17th Space Surveillance Squadron

Lineage

Constituted 17th Surveillance Squadron, and activated, on 1 Nov
1966. Organized on 1 Jan 1967. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1969.
Redesignated 17th Radar Squadron on 20 May 1971. Activated on 1
Sep 1971. Inactivated on 31 May 1976. Redesignated 17th
Surveillance Squadron on 28 Dec 1981. Activated on 1 Aug 1982.
Inactivated on 1 Jun 1989. Redesignated 17th Space Surveillance
Squadron on 25 Oct 1993. Activated on 15 Nov 1993.

Assignments

Air Defense Command, 1 Nov 1966; 73d Aerospace Surveillance
Wing, 1 Jan 1967–31 Dec 1969. Fourteenth Aerospace Force, 1 Sep
1971–31 May 1976. 3d Air Division, 1 Aug 1982; 1st Space Wing,
1 May 1983–1 Jun 1989. 73d Space Group, 15 Nov 1993–.

Stations

Moorestown, NJ, 1 Jan 1967–31 Dec 1969. Ko Kha RTAS, Thailand,
1 Sep 1971–31 May 1976. San Miguel, Philippines, 1 Aug 1982–1
Jun 1989. Edzell AFD, Scotland, 15 Nov 1993– .

Aircraft

None.

Operations

Operated a radar sensor for the USAF Spacetrack System, Nov 1967
–Dec 1969. Tracked People's Republic of China missile launches
and southerly launches from the Soviet Union, Sep 1971–May 1976.
Provided low-altitude space surveillance, Aug 1982–May 1989.
Operated sensors for the Low-Altitude Space Surveillance System,
Nov 1993–.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. None.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 14 Sep 1973–
17 Feb 1975; 1 Aug 1982–31 Jul 1983.


But there is no rest for the weary, and in looking around for Cobra
Talon, I found a list of names,

http://www.dior.whs.mil/peidhome/gui...ODE-SEARCH.PDF

that includes COBRA SPOT along with better-known USAF COBRAS.

I never heard of Cobra Spot; anybody here know about it?
 




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