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After the Royal Thai Air Force announced last week that they are aiming to buy 8 fighter jets, yesterday the Cabinet approved the plan to fund the purchase of 4 planes. They estimated a budget of about 13.8 billion baht which will be spread across the next 4 fiscal years. The Air Force says the purchase is necessary to replace the F-16 Falcon jets that have been in operation for nearly 40 years and continued use runs the risk of accidents as well as continued high maintenance costs. The decision has not yet been made on exactly what type of […]

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3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

After the Royal Thai Air Force announced last week that they are aiming to buy 8 fighter jets, yesterday the Cabinet approved the plan to fund the purchase of 4 planes. They estimated a budget of about 13.8 billion baht which will be spread across the next 4 fiscal years. The Air Force says the purchase is necessary to replace the F-16 Falcon jets that have been in operation for nearly 40 years and continued use runs the risk of accidents as well as continued high maintenance costs. The decision has not yet been made on exactly what type of […]

There is Money for luxury but no money for basic. Spending at a right time?

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The big question is - Does the Junta realise that their time might be up soon, so they are getting as many toys as they can before they are sent back to their barracks in 2023?

Clearly, as if anyone needs any more proof after the last 5+ years, military people just do not understand normal people or how politics works. 

 

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Judging by the Air Forces' ability to park helicopters and planes in inappropriate places they should buy a very cheap jet trainer that they can throw away to their hearts content. But of course we all know that this is a rush to grab money before the downfall of the military junta. 

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6 hours ago, Thaiger said:

After the Royal Thai Air Force announced last week that they are aiming to buy 8 fighter jets, yesterday the Cabinet approved the plan to fund the purchase of 4 planes. They estimated a budget of about 13.8 billion baht which will be spread across the next 4 fiscal years. The Air Force says the purchase is necessary to replace the F-16 Falcon jets that have been in operation for nearly 40 years and continued use runs the risk of accidents as well as continued high maintenance costs. The decision has not yet been made on exactly what type of […]

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4 aircraft to a known target will not last one sortie. We planned in the RAF, for a one in four survival rate per combat sortie and we knew what we were doing, this lot don't 

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To save money they could take the f15's down to the local garage for a quick service...along with their 50 year old tanks...would boost the local economy 😃

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