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Old September 9th 03, 04:16 PM
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Hi Peter

No more world of lie, I saw a CF-101 get off the ground in roughly 2,000
feet at Goose on a 45 degree below zero sunny morning.

On the 1st of June, 1962, eight R.A.A.F. CA-27 Sabres were deployed to
Ubon R.T.A.F.B. from Butterworth, Malaya. They acted as a
counter-measure to communist operations in the region. This detachment
formed the basis for a re-formed No. 79 (F) Squadron. The squadron was
assigned to the S.E.A.T.O. force during the Thailand Crisis. No. 79 (F)
Squadron flew some of the earliest C.A.P.'s over Thailand before things
started to really heat up in Viet Nam. The squadron remained in
Thailand until August, 1968 when at that time it was officially disbanded.

Cheers...Chris