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Aerial photo of the Royal Thailand Air Force Base (RTAFB) at Nakhon Phanom (NKP) Thailand. The MLT-3 building is located toward the bottom of the photo. It is the H shaped building just about center and above the bush area. The photo was downloaded from the Det 5 Invert site (the radar unit at NKP) thru the courtesy of Chris Jeppeson, the webmaster. [While the enemy looked to the eastern skies from their held territory in Laos for SOG to infiltrate reconnaissance teams from South Vietnam, SOG approached him from his most vulnerable and blindest side; Thailand. Activities conducted from MLT-3 included monitoring Laotian road watch teams; reacting to the analyzed information received form the ‘MacNamara Wall' sensor network; providing SOG with air support; leaflet drops and loud speaker operations; Agent and Reconnaissance Team infiltration; search, rescue, and recovery of downed US pilots or missing US military personnel.] The above photo furnished by Maj William "Bill" Shelton, Commander of MLT-3, and extracted information from the book SOG MACVSOG Studies and Observation Group, Behind Enemy Lines, Vol 2, pg 169-70, by Harve Saal.

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