The 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 56th Special Operations Wing, stationed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base

Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base

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 located approximately 365 miles northeast of Bangkok, 9 miles west of Nakhon Phanom city in Nakhon Phanom Province in the...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. It was inactivated on 30 June 1974

History

Activated in South Vietnam in 1966. Flew C-47 aircraft equipped with electronic countermeasures equipment over South Vietnam. Reassigned to Thailand in 1972 as part of USAF draw-down in South Vietnam. Continued missions over Indochina until 15 August 1973 when United States military flights over Indochina halted by congressional mandate. Trained in Thailand until inactivation in 30 June 1974.

Lineage

• Constituted as 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron and activated on 8 April 1966

Redesignated 361st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on 15 March 1967

Inactivated on 30 June 1974

Assignments

• 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 8 April 1966-31 August 1971
• 6259th Air Base Squadron, 31 August 1971
• 56th Special Operations Wing, 1 September 1972-30 June 1974

Stations

• Tan Son Nhut Air Base
  Tan Son Nhut Air Base
  Tan Son Nhut Air Base was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force facility. It is located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War , stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units there...
  
  , Republic of Vietnam, 8 April 1966
• Phu Cat Air Base
  Phu Cat Air Base
  Phu Cat Air Base is a Vietnam People's Air Force military airfield in Vietnam. It is located northwest of Qui Nhon in Binh Dinh Province....
  
  , Republic of Vietnam, 31 August 1971
• Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base
  Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base
  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 located approximately 365 miles northeast of Bangkok, 9 miles west of Nakhon Phanom city in Nakhon Phanom Province in the...
  
  , Thailand, 1 September 1972-30 June 1974