Flashermac Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 The army will open an old US military base suspected of housing a secret prison in Udon Thani as a tourist attraction, expelling any suspicions about the existence of secret US detention and interrogation facilities in Thailand. Army commander Chalermchai Sitthisad has instructed the 2nd Army Region to renovate the former US military base and radar station in tambon Nonsoong of Muang district and turn it into a museum and tourist site. ... https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1528890/ex-us-base-not-secret-prison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 HAH - So it a radar station Finally admit it's not Voice of America as the sign says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 It was a big spook listening post. The Thai military was very unhappy when the government got it closed down, since it shared with the Thai forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted August 28, 2018 Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 Was still active up to four years ago, maybe not as closed as it seemed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2018 It's always been a Thai base, even when the American military used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Yep - has the Thai signs all over the front. "Voice of Thailand" What's really funny is that there had been some agreement decades ago that the base would pay for the road repair in front of the base But they don't So for about 500m on either side of the entrance the road is just crap. So cars slow down. And the guards always get pissed if while going slow and through the holes you take photos. hehehehe Road so bad I had a puncture there once, and the guards came over to see if I was spying, only to end up doing most of the wheel changing. It is also claimed, that the very straight and quite good road leading up to the site from Baan Dung is a "runway" for emergency use, but with the power polls on the side, would have to be a pretty small plane. Any helicopters would land directly inside. Interestingly no one from the base ever goes into the Baan Dung and some nice bars there, not a small town. Eddies Sports Bar was great, sadly gone, and the Pizza place was amazing, real pizza, from a bloke who became a mate of mine, his wife and he had lived in Italy owning a Piazza shop before retiring to Baan Dung. His wife looked Italian, not even Thai, curvy, large, lots of Italian fashion etc. Place wasn't doing that much business though, he taught my wife how to make Pizza and also some infamous Pizza place up at Nong Kai, after his wife threw him out of his home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 No idea how up to date this is, maybe Eddie is back? http://www.thaisabai.org/2013/04/western-bars-ban-dung-udon-thani/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 The VOA sign is at a former listening post north of Udorn. Ramasun is the spook camp south of Udorn, largely Army Security Agency back then. Had a Marine air unit stationed there too. ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Ahh - wrong one, I know that one as well, frankly VOA site is more "secretive" than Ramasun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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