Editing American Forces Network (section)

===Thailand===
In [[Thailand]], the Department of Defense began the planning for the Armed Forces Thailand Network in 1964 with Project Lamplighter and Project Limelight. By late 1966, implementation of the network began by the U.S. Air Force with stations on the air at [[Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base|Korat]], [[U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield|U-Tapao]], [[Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base|Ubon]], [[Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base|Udorn]], [[Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base|Takhli]] and [[Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base|Nahkon Phanom]]. In addition, there were more than 20 satellite stations that rebroadcast one or more of the primary stations, and that included one or more clandestine locations in [[Laos]].

In April 1970, a battle-damaged [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|RF-4C Phantom II]] #65-0863 returning to Udorn from a reconnaissance mission in northwest Laos, crashed into the AFTN station, killing 9 Air Force broadcasters. Pilot Leaphart and Navigator Bernholz ejected from their battle damaged plane when it went out of control on final approach. Both crewmen were injured but survived. The incident was the single worst catastrophe in the history of military broadcasting killing: TSGT Jack A Hawley, Wakeman, OH; SSGT James A. Howard, Denver, CO; A1C Andrew C. McCartney, Lakewood, OH; SSGT Alfred N. Potter, Forest Grove, OR; SGT John Charles Rose, Bloomfield, NJ; TSGT Frank D. Ryan Jr., Mercer Island, WA; SSGT Edward W. Strain, Myrtle Beach, SC; TSGT Roy Walker, Albuquerque, NM and A1C Thomas L. Waterman, Roanoke, VA.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.aftn.net/|title=AFTN – The American Forces Thailand Network|work=aftn.net |year=2015 |access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref>

AFTN became the American Forces Thailand Network in the summer of 1969, and continued operations until the spring of 1976 when the remaining U.S. troops in Thailand were withdrawn at the request of the Thai government. More than 600 broadcasters from the Air Force, Navy and Army had served during the ten years that AFTN operated.