The Royal Lao Air Force was the air force of the Royal Lao Government of the Kingdom of Laos. Lao airman, Royal Lao Air Force File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known in the west as Burma) and the Peoples Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. ...
Major timelins
28 January 1955 Aviation Laotienne established
1960 Pathet Lao begins to operate aircraft
August 1960 Aviation Laotienne remaned Royal Lao Air Force (RLAF)
Spring 1963 Kong Le air arm re-integrated into RLAF
Early 1976 Royal Lao Air Force renamed Lao People’s Liberation Army Air Force (LPLAAF)
External link
Laos Air Force (http://aeroflt.users.netlink.co.uk/waf/aa-eastasia/laos/laos-af-home.htm)
The American C.I.A. was involved in providing aid to the RoyalLao politically inclined royalist and Royalists were provided with T-28 aircraft in support of bombing missions from Southern Laos to the North where Sam Neua and P.D.J. was overrun with Communist during the War.
* Kham Phiou Manivanh is a R.L.A.F. Pilot Veteran from Sam Neua and is ethnic Lao.
From 1959-1966, he was commander of the RoyalLaoAirForce.
He personally commanded the RLAF single squadron of T-28 aircraft which was bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail and provided close air support for Secret Army operations in the northeast of Laos.
RLAF Lt Colonel Bounsoth, who flew the first night mission in the BC-47, suggested rigging a ground-mount.50 caliber machine gun in the side door and we did.
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