SOUTH EAST ASIA T-28's - Thai Aviation History

Type
(& Mod Sequence #
where applicable)
US Serial c/n USN ‘eligible
for strike’
T-28C Bu140495 226-72 05-Mar-62
(Alameda, Ca.)
T-28C Bu140513 226-90 01-May-62
(Alameda, Ca.)
T-28C
Bu140533 226-110 01-May-62
(Alameda, Ca.)
10/09/12 44
USAF soc Disposition Air Force Serial Notes
N/A VNAF ‘G’(?) Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61; w/o 13-Jan-62 or 13-
Jan-63 at Nha Trang
N/A VNAF ‘H’(?) Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
N/A
MAP
VNAF
RLaoAF / Water Pump /
Raven
Philippines AF
‘I’(?)
O-40533
140533
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61; w/o 21-Feb-63
Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61
Probably Raven from 1969/70; current Aug-71; trf back to RLaoAF
Feb-73; grounded as of 15-May-74 (out of hours); declared excess
from 01-Jul-74
dd c1974; listed as ‘unknown’; noted at Villamor AB Jan-84;
preserved Villamor AB by 1989; still at PAF Museum, Villamor,
marked ‘109’, Mar-12; also reported to Congo as ‘FA-533’, but very
unlikely
T-28C Bu140547 Reported as RLaoAF & not current Apr-72, but in service with USN until soc 15-Oct-76 (Depreciation); possibly an error for 140457;
140547 was later N2800Q, then F-AZHN
T-28C Bu140549 Reported as dd to VNAF Feb-62, but in service with USN until to MASDC, code 5T0107, 24-Jun-77; soc 29-May-78 (MASDC); later
T-28C Bu140556 226-133 01-May-62 N/A
N128JC
VNAF ‘J’ Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
(Alameda, Ca.)
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61; w/o 07-Aug-64
T-28C Bu140568 226-145 01-May-62 N/A VNAF ‘K’(?) Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
(Alameda, Ca.)
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61; damaged at Cu Hanh
15-May-64
T-28C Bu140579 226-156 01-May-62 N/A VNAF Farm Gate ? ‘L’ Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
(Alameda, Ca.)
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61
RLaoAF / Water Pump /
Probably dd May-64; Water Pump; probably Raven from 1969/70;
Raven
returned to Water Pump 1970; current Aug-71 thro’ Jan-72; not
current Mar-72; w/o 03-Feb-72
T-28C Bu140580 226-157 01-May-62 N/A VNAF
‘M’(?) Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
(Alameda, Ca.)
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61
RLaoAF
w/o 06-Apr-70 or 09-Apr-70
T-28C Bu146243 252-6 01-May-62 N/A VNAF ‘N’(?) Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
(Alameda, Ca.)
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61; w/o 08-Mar-64
T-28C Bu146244 252-7 01-May-62 N/A VNAF
46244/‘MO’ Shipped from Alameda late 1961, believed on ‘USNS Core’ on
(Alameda, Ca.)
20/22-Nov-61 with an ETA Saigon 10-Dec-61
RLaoAF / Water Pump O-46244
Water Pump from 1964; reported w/o 13-Aug-66 or 07-Nov-66 at
Udorn
The 17 T-28’s below, Bu153643 to Bu153659, are believed to be ex 51-3489, 51-3490, 51-3520, 51-3539, 51-3597, 51-3615, 51-3637, 51-3651, 51-3660, 51-3689, 51-3717, 51-3720, 51-3730, 51-3731, 51-3749, 51-3761 & 51-
7811, but no tie-ups are known.
T-28D-10 Bu153643
USN
ex USAF T-28A; toc by USN 21-May-65; converted to T-28B at
Columbus, Oh. 20-Sep-66; dd to TRARON 3, Whiting, Fl. 16-Jan-68
17-Jun-71 15-Mar-72
TL MAP RLaoAF
Current Jul-72 thro’ Sep-72; w/o 10-Sep-72 or 14-Sep-72
(Pensacola, Fl.) (Pensacola, Fl.)
Philippines AF(?) 153643
T-28D-10 Bu153644 USN ex USAF T-28A; toc by USN 22-May-65; converted to T-28B at