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For China, Europe visit part of a wider confrontation
News, Peter Apps, Published on 14/05/2024
» In the Serbian village of Budjanovci outside Belgrade, people have talked for years about the Chinese teams that descended on the area following the shooting down of a US F-117 stealth fighter in March 1999, offering to buy pieces of wreckage taken by villagers as souvenirs.
Navy chief appeals decision to cut budget for new frigate
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/03/2024
» Royal Thai Navy commander Adm Adoong Pan-iam is appealing the House's decision to reject its request for a budget to fund the purchase of a new frigate, saying a new ship is needed to bolster the nation's maritime defences, a source said.
RTAF plans to buy 3 fighter jets from Sweden: source
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 16/06/2023
» The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) plans to procure three fighter aircraft from Sweden after the US recently refused to sell F-35A fighter jets, an RTAF source said on Thursday.
F-35 purchase now ruled out
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 26/05/2023
» The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) said its proposed procurement of F-35 fighter jets has fallen through due to time constraints.
RTAF confirms bid to buy US F-35 fighters
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 25/11/2022
» The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has affirmed its intention to acquire F-35 fighter jets from the United States.
Navy drill preps for chemical, nuke war
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/06/2022
» A drill aimed at preparing naval combatant forces for fighting in a war involving the use of chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear weapons is being conducted.
US to decide if air force can run F35s
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 26/04/2022
» The United States Air Force is to send an inspection team to determine the Royal Thai Air Force's (RTAF) readiness to operate and maintain a new generation of fighter jets, which the latter is pushing to purchase, a source said.
US visit stokes jet shopping-trip talk
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/04/2022
» The chief of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), Napadej Dhupatemiya, on Tuesday led a committee responsible for fighter jet procurement on a visit to the United States that is scheduled to wrap up on Monday next week -- a move which could signal a fresh attempt to secure a new jet purchase deal.
Tech transfer part of jet fighter buy
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 12/03/2022
» The transfer of technology is one of the conditions for the Royal Thai Air Force's procurement of jet fighters, according to TAF spokesman AVM Prapas Sornchaidee.
US nixes secret base rumours
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 11/03/2022
» US Charge d'Affaires Michael Heath rejected as untrue a string of rumours ranging from the United States building a secret missile base at a new compound in Chiang Mai to pressuring the Thai air force to buy stealth fighter jets from the country.