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Sirikittong

Aug 11 2006, 04:58 PM

Thailand doesnt need an offensive air component, we already have enough–we needed better 4th generation interceptors and fighter air craft, IMO. Anyone S.T.U.P.I.D enough to enter Thai Air Space will face the wrath of our F-16s. Simple as that.

Anyways. Here are some pictures of the Royal Thai Air Force in recent combat exercise. Really really good find. So happy :

RTAF F-16 in take off formation

RTAF F-5II Tiger Interceptor

Tiger II again. The Israelis upgraded our F-5II fleet

RTAF L-39 Albatross Attack Fighter. So beautiful!! These babies were flying with everything!!

F-16 taking off again.

***This is the RTAF’s newly acquired F-16 C/D class*** The advanced version of the F-16 A/B class

The RTAF F-16 C/D fighter. Thailand’s ANSWER to Malaysi’s Su-29, and the Su-30. LOL!!!

Thailand’s Fleet of F-16 A/B class fighters.
CHAI YO!!! The MIGHTY Thai Air Force!!!

skullwrecker_13

Aug 11 2006, 05:02 PM

if only those missiles contained hydrogen bombs…. *dreams on*.

Sirikittong

Aug 11 2006, 05:10 PM

RTAF F-16 C/D fighter during post landing.

Thai technician refueling. Fill it up, BOYS!

Thai pilot and technician overviewing ACMI POD

RTAF Technician Working On Drop Tank Of L-39 ZA/ART

F-16 ADF

Landing RTAF F-5 II Tiger

RTAF F-16 C/D fighter about to take off

. Gimee’ a break lol

GOT that right. RTAF just recieved new A-10 fighters. Thanks U.S.A!!

RTAF Logistics Command

RTAF A-10 Attack/ Anti-ground fighter. BEWARE—terrorists–and all the enemies of Thailand.

RTAF F-16 ADF fighters

skullwrecker_13

Aug 11 2006, 05:16 PM

rather than spend all this money on an air force, woudn’t it – in the long run – work out cheaper to just develop nuclear weapons and hold southeastern asia hostage.

on a serious note – F16s will become obsolete sooner or later. time to go arms shopping.

Sirikittong

Aug 11 2006, 05:18 PM

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MORE PICTURES
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I AM IN LOVE!!!!!!!!!! RTAF F-16 C/D Fighter.

RTAF F-16 ADF Fighter with RTAF C-150 reconaissance logistics plane on the background.

Beautiful shot

LoL. Skull! Thailand going nuclear??

***strikes chin*** I LIKE that idea…

Point_Dexter

Aug 11 2006, 08:01 PM

those warthogs are amazing. My cousin works on them in Iraq, and those tings can take a beating.

skullwrecker_13

Aug 12 2006, 01:56 AM

hey come on – everybody;s doing it. gotta get with the time – israel is supposed to have them, north korea says they’ve got them, iran wants them… even uncle sadam wanted them. man its like buying a new car. im free next weekend – do you fancy going to “weaponstropolis” and buy whatever’s leftover from the soviet-army sale? dude – there’s a CLEAROUT on an obsolete items !!!!

Sirikittong

Aug 12 2006, 08:51 AM

QUOTE(Point_Dexter @ Aug 11 2006, 09:01 PM)

those warthogs are amazing. My cousin works on them in Iraq, and those tings can take a beating.

Yep. Those warthogs are also superb against ground forces—it’ll rip any invading army into shreads.
Its also known as the ‘Tank Killer’.

Point_Dexter

Aug 12 2006, 09:04 PM

Does Thailand have any bombers Siri, Pure bombers.

Sirikittong

Aug 12 2006, 09:33 PM

The Royal Thai Air Force uses the F-16 ADF class fighter as a strategic bomber and ground pounder; it also uses the L-39 Albatross Attack air craft as a bomber as well. While the RTAF’s F-16 A/B and C/D classes are primarily used as Interceptors and Fighter aircraft.

However, the RTAF does use ‘conventional bombers’. Heres some pictures:

RTAF OV-10C Bronco low range bombers. These craft are primarily used as anti ground units–most of the RTAF’s bronco fleet have been phased off and sold to the Philippine Air Force, which needs air units. The Broncos have been repalced by the L-39 Albatross, albeit the Albatross isnt a ‘pure’ bomber–the RTAF found its multi purpose capabilities rewarding than just having a ‘pure medium range bomber’.

G222–Used as an all purpose bomber and transport.

RTAF DC3 bomber. RTAF has its DC3 fleet as a primary medium range bomber; although some of the DC3s have been converted into medical transports.

C-130 Hercules–Bomber/transport.

The RTAF has had talks of purchasing long ranged bombers, however, it would be uncessary since the C-130 Hercules, DC3 or the G222 can more than cover the territories of Thailand and strategically annihilate any enemy ground forces if they so stepped into Thai territoriality.

Purchasing a long range bomber would be unrealistic and controversial–as it would infer that Thailand is considering ‘offensive’ aerial attacks, which isnt so.

I see the RTAF maintaining its current fleet of bombers as it is–with high dependence on the F-16 ADF class as the primary strategic bomber.

Sirikittong

Aug 15 2006, 02:17 PM

Royal Thai Helicopter Fleet:

UH-1 Helicopter

UH-1 with Thai Marines on training

RTAF S-76 Huey–landing on RTS Chao Phraya’s helicopter pad.

RTAF Lynx 300 naval helicopter

RTAF UH-60 Black Hawk

UH-60 Black Hawks

RTAF Chinook Transport Helicopter

RTAF Chinook on flight

Sirikittong

Aug 15 2006, 02:29 PM

RTAF Chinooks–demonstrating weight capability.

RTAF AH-1W Sea Cobra

Super Lynx 300 Naval Guard.

Aardvark

Aug 26 2006, 08:54 PM

Hey, Sirikittong does any of your family member is in RTAF?

Sirikittong

Aug 26 2006, 10:28 PM

^ Most of my family have served/or are serving in the RTAF.

Why do you ask?

Aardvark

Aug 26 2006, 11:40 PM

Well Im going to join the RTAF as a pilot and i was wondering what i need to do to join it.

Sirikittong

Aug 26 2006, 11:56 PM

Where are you living right now? If you’re living in the United States, I suggest you visit The Royal Thai Embassy in Washington D.C; ask for the consular’s office. If you do happen to go there physically ask for H.E. Mr. Virasakdi Futrakul, a personal friend of my grandfather’s. He is also the Ambassador of Thailand to the United States.

If you need contact information, heres the consular’s office number:
1024 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 101
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel : (202) 944-3600
Fax : (202) 944-3641

But if you want the Royal Thai Military Attache’ to the United States:
2440 Foxhall Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel : (202) 333-9381
Fax : (202) 333-9384
URL : http://dma.thaiembdc.org
E-mail : officedma@thaiembdc.org

Here is the Royal Thai Air Force office in D.C:
1024 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 303
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel : (202) 338-9700
Fax : (202) 338-9702
URL : http://airforce.thaiembdc.org
E-mail : airforce@thaiembdc.org

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Good Luck and hope I helped you in anyway.
If you need additional help, contact me via: Rathasinkorn@yahoo.com

Aardvark

Aug 27 2006, 12:48 AM

lol I live in Canada(A.K.A Peace Keeper) in the province of British Columbia……so….do you know any one on the west coast?

Sirikittong

Aug 27 2006, 01:21 AM

Nope. None in canada, butim sure if you contact the offices in D.C, they can transfer you to the canadian consular office.

The major Thai ambassadorial office in north america is in Washington D.C. So i suggest you contact them first.

Good luck with that.

Aardvark

Aug 27 2006, 01:28 AM

5555555 Im only 15, I just want some informations about joining RTAF. It wont disturbing their them working if i send an E-mail to ask some questions?

Sirikittong

Aug 27 2006, 01:30 AM

Of course not, its their job. lol. Im happy to see you’re so interested in such a young age. I remember when I was YOUR age—-6 years ago 555555555

Aardvark

Aug 27 2006, 01:37 AM

Hey, do you have MSN messenger? I’m running on dial-op and this is really slow

Sirikittong

Aug 27 2006, 06:47 AM

EDIT

Sirikittong

Aug 27 2006, 07:57 AM

Upgrade on our air crafts! GO US!!

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Royal Thai Navy P-3T Arrives At Pax For Upgrade
Posted on June 02, 2005:

By Renee Hatcher
PMA-290 Public Affairs

A Royal Thai Navy (RTN) P-3T arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in April for a radar upgrade that will benefit Thailand as well as the United States in the global war on terror.

NAVAIR’s Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) Program Office (PMA-290) is responsible for the upgrade under the auspices of a foreign military sales (FMS) case. A combined NAVAIR/Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) team at NAS Patuxent River will replace the antiquated APS-80 radar system with a Raytheon commercial off the shelf (COTS) SeaVue radar. This radar will provide enhanced capabilities such as Inverse Synthetic Aperture, as well as a replacement for the functions that were provided by the obsolete APS-80 radar.

“Thailand is a coalition partner in Iraq with the United States,” said Capt. Steve Eastburg, MSA program manager. The more allies we have with advanced capabilities who can gather and share information and intelligence with the United States, the better poised we all are to win the war on terrorism.”

The NAWCAD team will take about eight to 10 weeks to install, integrate and test the COTS SeaVue radar. Ground and flight-testing will be performed at NAS Patuxent River, including a functional check flight, and four five-hour test flights. The upgraded P-3T will be used to train an RTN crew consisting of two pilots, a flight engineer, two naval flight officers, one in-flight technician, and one radar operator prior to ferrying the RTN P-3T back to U-Tapao, Thailand.

“We are by no means a production facility, but here at NAVAIR/NAWCAD we have assembled a team of exceptionally talented and skilled professionals who can handle, on a limited basis, a unique upgrade such as this,” said John Patterson, PMA-290’s deputy program manager for Thailand.

In 1994, the RTN bought five P-3As from the United States via FMS. Three are currently in use flying operational and logistics missions. One was eventually disassembled for spare parts while the other is used solely as a T56-A-14 engine test bed. The U.S. Navy provided maintenance and aircrew training, and also conducted follow-on training. The RTN uses its fleet of P-3s for maritime surveillance, counter-drug operations, VIP flights and to fight piracy. A three-Phased Depot Maintenance (PDM), the first major maintenance conducted on this aircraft since delivery in 1995, was performed at a Lockheed Martin Aircraft Center (LMAC) in Greenville, S.C. prior to arrival at NAS Patuxent River. A NAVAIR Depot Jacksonville ferry crew flew the aircraft from Greenville to Patuxent River.

In December 2003, the RTN decided to pursue depot level maintenance and a radar upgrade for its P-3T. To get a better idea of the structural integrity of the airframe, the NAVAIR/ NAVAIR Depot Team conducted a Material Condition Inspection (MCI) on all three aircraft in U-Tapao, Thailand prior to the three-phase PDM and radar upgrade.

“Since the delivery of the aircraft, the RTN has been mostly self-sufficient with respect to maintaining their P-3 aircraft in spite of having a limited maintenance capability,” Patterson said. “The aircraft were in surprisingly better condition than we initially expected, considering the climate in Thailand and that the aircraft had not received a major maintenance overhaul for nine years.”

The RTN plans to upgrade all three operational aircraft. Based on the successful execution of the first upgrade effort, the RTN is currently budgeting for the other two aircraft. The second upgrade could begin as early as October 2005. The RTN is also considering additional avionics upgrades in the future.

“My team and I have been working very closely with Capt. Worapol, RTN Air Division Wing One commander,” Patterson said. “We have been extremely fortunate in that Capt. Worapol has been supportive and thoroughly involved from the beginning of the program.”

Not everything, however, was smooth sailing. On the six-day journey from Thailand to the United States, Worapol led the first all-RTN crew to fly from U-Tapao, Thailand to the United States. It was the longest flight ever for the RTN P-3T and for its flight crew.

Just before arriving at their final destination at LMAC in Greenville, the RTN had a scheduled stop in NAS North Island, Calif. and discovered the main landing gear on the P-3T had developed a gas/hydraulic leak. Through an interpreter, PMA-290s’s Tom Wilson, of RBC Inc, talked a non-English speaking, 18-year-old RTN maintenance technician, Prapat Yaibua, through the steps necessary to trouble shoot and re-service the leaking landing gear.

“This young kid had his Wing Commander hovering over him saying ‘this has to get fixed now’ and he pulled it off,” Wilson said. “When I finally met Prapat Yaibua in Greenville, I gave him a great big hug because I knew how scared he must have been.”

The courage and dedication of that young man represents the strength of his proud nation as it recovers from the tragic effects of a tsunami caused by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004. The earthquake caused giant, deadly waves to crash ashore killing tens of thousands. The USN sent several of its P-3Cs to assist Thailand in its recovery by patrolling the devastated area looking for survivors and providing real time communications with aid agencies, directing badly needed relief supplies to those most in need.

“Thailand has expressed its appreciation for US aid following the tsunami but would have loved to have had the capability to do it themselves,” Wilson said. “With the upgrades to this P-3T, the U.S. Navy will deliver an aircraft that’s fully capable of performing tsunami relief missions and much more. We’re helping them to help themselves in more ways than one.”

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Thai N-22B Nomad informations (Phakphum T.&Vasin)–Environmental/Civil Military Plane

Sirikittong

Aug 27 2006, 08:14 AM

Royal Thai Alpha Jets–Attack Air Craft/Trainer