Situated in extreme Northeast Thailand, known as Isan, Nakhon Phanom is adjacent to the central Laotion town of Thakhet which means "foreigner crossing" in Lao. Nakhon Phanom "The City of Hills" was affectionately known as "Naked Fanny" or NKP by the Americans and refered to as the "End of the line at the edge of the world."

The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols along the Mekong River.

Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP) was just 75 miles from North Vietnam, somewhat north of Vietnam’s De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) at the 17th parallel, and a straight 230-mile flight from downtown Hanoi.

56th SPS: Nakhon Phanom RTAFB. Lineage, Honors and History. LINEAGE. Designated Squadron "B", 56th Airdrome Group on 28 Jul 1947. Activated on 15 Aug 1947. Discontinued on 1 Aug 1948. Consolidated (12 Oct 1984) with the 56th Air Police Squadron, Fighter, Jet, which was constituted on 14 Jun 1948. Activated on 1 Aug 1948.

This group is open to all those that were stationed at or went TDY to NKP from 1962 to 1975 and their spouses, sons and daughters and no one else. Do not invite any one that does not meet these criteria.

56th SPS (Nakhon Phanom) Thailand Director: Dutch VanHatten Website: http://www.pbase.com/635thk9/56th_sps. Click HERE to view an Aerial View of NKP. Click HERE to view the Historical Brief for NKP - A Dog Handler's Perspective. Click HERE to view information on NKP crash victims. Click HERE to view Dog Handlers & Military Working Dogs of ...

Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP) was just 75 miles from North Vietnam, somewhat north of Vietnam’s De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) at the 17th parallel, and a straight 230-mile flight from downtown Hanoi. It was within range of known weapons at communist positions in Laos, but sapper attacks were judged to be its greatest threat.

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Nakhon Phanom RTAFB: 1970-1971 Photos, 1970, NT and NKP Photos, by Phil Carroll.

NKP was a Top Secret camp from which numerous special operations were run and from which the "CIA's secret war in Laos" (as today's history books refer to it) was run. Pathet Lao insurgents regularly blew up flight facilities equipment and sappers harassed and hit the camp.