SHAH ALAM: Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) on Tuesday announced it has selected the Saab Gripen E/F fighter jets from Sweden over the US-made F-16 Block 70 Vipers. In a statement, RTAF chief ACM Phanphakdee Phattanakul said the selection committee made its decision after studying additional details submitted by both […]
SHAH ALAM: Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has taken delivery of another batch of Airbus H135 light helicopters to be used for flight training. The delivery of the new helicopters was announced by Airbus today (July 7, 2022). Release from Airbus Airbus Helicopters has handed over the second batch of […]
SHAH ALAM: Keeping up with the Joneses. Thailand wants to buy eight Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs stating that it will be cheaper than buying the latest version of the Saab JAS-39 Gripen, the E, Bangkok Post newspaper quoted RTAF chief as saying this on Dec. 31. The Royal Thai […]
SHAH ALAM: Keeping up with the Joneses…Cougars and K9s. The Australian government today signed an Australian $1 billion (RM3 billion) contract today for the purchase of 30 K9 (AS9 Huntsman) 155mm SPHs and 15 K10 (AS10) ammunition resupply vehicles. T It is the biggest military contract between Australia and South […]
SHAH ALAM: Keeping up with the Joneses. It appears that Vietnam has taken delivery six out of 12 Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten advanced jet trainers it ordered from Russia in 2020. The order was finalised in late 2019 but only confirmed in late 2020. The delivery of the aircraft have been […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF museum at Sendayan airbase. The RMAF museum – which had been a permanent fixture at the Kuala Lumpur (Simpang/Sungei) airbase has relocated to the Sendayan airbase in Negri Sembilan. The museum confirmed it was already operating at the airbase – the administrative training facility – of RMAF […]
BANGKOK: RTAF Museum. If you happen to be in Bangkok and want to have a break from the shopping or partying perhaps you should make your way to the National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force located adjacent to Don Muang International airport. Actually if you fly into […]
BANGKOK: Gripens for LIMA19. One or two JAS 39 Gripen from the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) are expected to take part in the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA 19) 2019 scheduled for March, next year. The actual number of Gripens to take part in the show will depends […]
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