I have one last bit of research to pass on to you, Mr Melnick, before cutting you loose.
First, a quick recap: First you popped up in the thread and claimed you served in Vietnam "for a short period" in 1975. and in response to inquiries, you said you served with "USAF SOG" to "help keep the infrastructure in good hands" or something to that effect. Once that story fell apart, you adjusted fire and claimed you were actually in Thailand at Takhli Airbase but you did not retract your claim of being assigned to "USAF SOG." Just for general information, it's pronounced Ta Khli by the Thais and the map I'm looking at right now from the early 70s shows it as such. For those who might be reading this and do not know where "Takhli" is, it's in southwestern Thailand.
Now, lets get right into it. I checked with my co-worker again (you know, the retired Air Force officer who really was there at that time) and he added some more interesting insight. He left Thailand in about early-mid-1976 when pretty-much all American servicemen were asked to leave. However, that was from Bangkok. With the exception of one small organization located "up-country" in northeast Thailand (and a long way from Takhli), all the outlying bases had been closed in 1975. Also, he remembers no Air Force Special Operations units of any kind at Takhli at any time in 1975. Remember, he was in the JCRC and he would know.
As far as ongoing combat activity at the time; the only combat was against a small Communist insurgency in the Pupon Mountains, in the northeast part of Thailand along and just west of the Thai/Lao border, generally between Nakhon Phanom and Mukdahan. This was about as far from Takhli as you can get and still be in Thailand. The Thai Government operation against the Communist insurgents was strictly an indigenous affair and no American servicemen were involved in it.
That said, it was a major success for the Thai military and Government. Through a dual track strategy of defeating them in battle and offering land and other material incentives, the entire Communist insurgency collapsed. The former insurgents returned to the Thai fold and became upstanding "gentlemen" farmers and citizens.
Alright. My work here is done; back to model-related stuff.
"The world would be a much simpler place if every one could pick and choose their obligations, but we can't and we shouldn't." Major Charles W. Whittlesey