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.
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.
