page_title: Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base
section_title: United States Navy
hierarchical_section_title: Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base / The USAF at Nakhon Phanom / Squadrons of the 56th SOW / United States Navy
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Lockheed OP-2E Neptune (BuNo. 131423) of observation squadron VO-67 on a mission over Laos in 1967/68. VO-67 was employed during the "Igloo White" programme to drop sensors along the "Ho Chi Minh Trail" to detect movements of enemy troops during the Vietnam War.
context_page_description: The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols along the Mekong River. It is approximately 587 km northeast of Bangkok, 14.5 km west of Nakhon Phanom city in Nakhon Phanom Province in the northeastern region of Thailand, and 411 km from Hanoi in Vietnam. The Mekong River is NKP's border with Laos. The airfield at NKP is jointly used as a civilian airport.
context_section_description: Observation Squadron Sixty-Seven February 1967 - July 1968, operating OP-2E aircraft as part of Operation Igloo White implanting sensors at low levels. Tail code MR (Mud River).
caption: Lockheed OP-2E Neptune of observation squadron VO-67 on a mission over Laos in 1967/68