It’s 20th Anniversary of F-16 in Royal Thai Air Force.
RTAF is the first operator of F-16 in South East Asia. All F-16A/B came from 5 projects; Peace Naresuan I (1988),Peace Naresuan II (1990),Peace Naresuan III (1995), Peace Naresuan IV (2002) and Singapore donation as a exchange for the training ground in Thailand (2005). Without any single crash in the past 20 years, today RTAF operates 59 F-16 in 3 squadrons. And the major upgrade program are being conduct in all of them include Falcon Up/Star and MLU program to enable Thai Falcon to fly until 2039.
Some photo from the ceremony. 😀
By: pagen01 - 15th July 2008 at 12:10
Thanks for a great little article and pictures of a subject I know nothing about.
No aircraft crashed is an enviable record for any combat type and airforce.
By: Analayo - 15th July 2008 at 11:59
Thank!!! 🙂
By: Manston Airport - 14th July 2008 at 14:18
Fantastic shots there of one of my favorite aircraft good to hear they wanna keep them till 2039 😮 😎
James
By: REF - 14th July 2008 at 08:34
Now they are some great photos of an airforce you don’t see much of. Great stuff.
By: Analayo - 14th July 2008 at 05:00
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