By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AIR FORCE F-16 Fighting Falcon jet today (Mar.8) crashlanded in Chaiyaphum province with the lone pilot having jettisoned to safety. The unidentified pilot who ejected himself from the General Dynamics F-16A fighter jet and was safely parachuted onto the ground was conducting a routine exercise when the combat aircraft
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Thailand approves B13.8 billion budget for fighter jets upgrade
By Reuters staff, published by Channel NewsAsia THAILAND’S cabinet has backed a plan to buy four fighter jets starting in the next fiscal year, an air force spokesman said today (Jan. 12), with a budget of 13.8 billion baht (US$413.67 million) set aside for the procurement. The approval follows a recent expression of interest
Read moreAccident leaves Air Force with only couple of two-seater F-5 TH Super Tigris fighters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AIR FORCE NOW HAS ONLY a couple of two-seater F-5 TH Super Tigris fighters left in deployment after one other recently crash-landed with the pilot jettisoning to safety in Lopburi. The Air Force currently deploys a dozen one-seater F-5 TH Super Tigris fighters in addition to the two two-seater
Read moreF-5 Super Tigris fighter’s crash-landing caused by stray big bird
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FRIDAY’S INCIDENT IN WHICH an Air Force F-5 TH Super Tigris fighter crash-landed with the lone pilot jettisoning to safety in Lopburi was evidently caused by a stray big bird hitting the aircraft mid-air, said Air Force spokesman AVM Prapat Sonjaidee today (Dec. 5). The unspecified, large-sized type of bird
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