Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base

Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Camp Friendship
Part of Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF)
Near Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Aerial photograph of Korat RTAFB, 23 July 1987
Korat RTAFB Location in Thailand
Coordinates	14°55′50″N 102°04′51″E / 14.93056°N 102.08083°E / 14.93056; 102.08083 (Korat RTAFB)
Site information
Owner	Royal Thai Air Force
Operator	Royal Thai Air Force United States Air Force
Controlled by	Pacific Air Forces (1964–1976) Royal Thai Air Force (1955–1964; 1976–present)
Site history
Built	1955 (1955)
In use	1955–present
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Garrison information
Garrison	Thirteenth Air Force (PACAF)
Occupants	United States Advisory Forces (1964–1965) 6234th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) (1965–1966) 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (1966–1976) 354th Tactical Fighter Wing (Deployed Tennant) (1972–1974) 347th Tactical Fighter Wing (Tennant) (1974–1975)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: NAK, ICAO: VTUN
Elevation	222 metres (728 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 6/24 9,843 ft (3,000 m) Concrete
Source: DAFIF[1]

Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is a base of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in northeast Thailand, approximately 200 km (125 mi) northeast of Bangkok and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the centre of the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province (also known as "Khorat" or "Korat"), the largest province in Thailand.

During the Vietnam War, from 1962 to 1975, Korat RTAFB was a front-line facility of the United States Air Force (USAF) in Thailand.

During the 1980s and early-1990s, the airfield was jointly operated as a civil airport for Nakhon Ratchasima. This ended with the opening of Nakhon Ratchasima Airport in the early-1990s.