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there. UNCLAS31,:IED Twelve F- 105s were moved to Karat during September and October 1970 to form the 6010th Wild Weasel Squadron .' The remainder of the 'wing's aircraft (assigned to four TFSs--the 44th, 333rd, 354th, and 357th) were delivered to Kadena and to the CONUS. Other significant reductions 34 during FY 1971 were: I 1) The 553rd RW at Korat was redesignated the 553rd I Reconnaissance Squadron as the number of its assigned EC-12-1s was reduced from 16 to nine . The savings in spaces was 420. 2) Two Nak~on Phanom-based A-l squa,drons were inactivated- the ZZnd SOS in September and the 60Znd SOS in December. in spaces totaled 886 . The reduction 3) The 11th TRS with its RF-4s redeployed from Udorn to the CONUS, reducing the authorized spaces by 600. 4) The last F-10Z detachment in SEA, the unit at Don Muan9, was returned to Clark Air Base .with its authorized 57 spaces, c. .~ (U) Surrmary of BANNER STAR and BANNER SUN. ~~ Several differe~ces existed between the redeployments from Thailand and those from SVN .Although ostensibly tied to the Vietnamization program, it was nevertheless soon apparent that the incremental wit.hdrawal process. from SVN was practically irreversible. Public opinion and admin1stration- induce.d budget restrictions combined to make a stoP.• or even a slowdown, in reductions most unlikely . The situation AUsed for fighter or bomber escort to detect and suppress surface- to-air m••il.e. (SAM) . UNCtAS~ 1 0'
I I I UNClAS,/'=I FO differed in Thailand in that the [!INNER redeployments received far less pUblicity and, most likely, no public outcry would have accompanied a decision to maintain or increase the U.S. force level in that country • . Therefore in Thailand, where the U.S. strength consisted largely of USAF hard-core, high-cost tactical ynits, the reductions were caused almost solely by budget constraints. Another difference--somewhat related to the forego1ng--was in the area of internal adjustments with the other services . During the KEYSTONE Vietnam redeployments, USAF had little difficulty ·remainlng bel ow its authorized ceiling and had, on occasion. "given" , ·1 spaces to the other services to accommodate their operational requirements. The opposite ·was true in Thailand. BANNER STAR and BANNER SUfI called for reductions in the USAF authorized ceilings of 3,111 and I· 7.300 respectively. Plans were successfully developed and implemented to draw the force down by those numbers; however, additional operational requirements were levi ed against the Air Force and it was necessary to make i~ternal adjustments to provide USAF with the required additional spaces.' · These adjustments amounted to 162 during BANNER STAR and 1,311 35 during BANNER SUN. Thailand, with the lower visibility it afforded the, U.S. forces, became the logical place to base additional USAF units . A condensed summary of the BANNER reductions is presented on the follow- ing page . I ~For further discussion on internaZ adjustments, see pp. 48-50 . 22 UNClAS)' ' ·O::D
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