15 November 2022
The first two RTAF T-6TH have arrived Wing 41 Chiang Mai RTAF Base in northern of Thailand on 12 November 2022 (photo : Chittapon Kaewkiriya)
Key milestones of the procurement of 12 Beechcraft T-6TH Texan II training aircraft for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF: Royal Thai Air Force) signed in October, 2020.
Is the flight arriving in Thailand of the training aircraft, 22 T-6TH Texan II, the first two machines, machine number 01, US registration N2773B and machine number 02, US registration N2792B at Wing 41, Chiang Mai on November 12, 2022 ago.
T-6TH 22nd Airborne Training Aircraft numbered 01 and 02 took off from the Textron Aviation Defense Company's Beachcraft Aircraft Factory in Amarillo, Texas, US, for nearly two weeks of intercontinental air travel. 14 locations around the world for refueling
including Val d'Or Airport in Quebec, Canada on November 2, 2022, Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, UK on November 4, 2022, and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, India, before arriving in Thailand.
The remaining 10 T-6TH training aircraft have been delivered by boat to Thailand by assembling the machine will be performed by Thai Aviation Industries Company Limited (TAI) in Thailand under the technology transfer to promote the development of Thailand's defense industry.
In which the first set of flight instructors have been training in the United States since June 2022 The ceremony of bringing the training aircraft, T-6TH into Stationed will be held at Kamphaeng Saen Aviation School, Nakhon Pathom Province on November 14, 2022.
The procurement of 12 T-6TH Texan II training aircraft, amounting to 5,194,994,216.40 baht ($162 million), based on the T-6C training aircraft, will be used to replace the training aircraft 19 Pilatus PC-9 of Kamphaeng Saen Aviation School that has been stationed since 1991.
The 22 T-6TH training aircraft also has a common basis with the 22 Beechcraft AT-6TH Wolverine attack and training aircraft signed for procurement in November 2021 will be active in the 411 Squadron, 41 Wing in the year 2024 as well.
(AAG)