Northrop F-5E Tiger II, RTAF Aviation Park, Don Mueang, Thailand
N 13° 55.273 E 100° 37.463
47P E 675498 N 1539612
In the entrance to the Royal Thai Air Force Aviation Park are four generations of jet airplanes of the RTAF, mounted nice and high on display.
* The "F-5E" is a 3rd generation fighter. *
Waymark Code: WMV139
Location: Thailand
Date Posted: 02/05/2017
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One of the signs has some history of the RTAF Aviation Park, which reads:
History
"The Royal Thai Air Force Aviation Park has been the brainchild of Air Chief Marshal Itthaporn Subhawong, ex-Commander-in-Chief, for the Centennial of the RTAF Founding Fathers' Aviation, and in recognition of all air force heroes in defence of their homeland.
"The RTAF Aviation Park exhibits main jet fighters of four generations of RTAF's glorious fleet, in a diamond-formation static display, and the development in air power respectively. The cockpit of the F-16A reaching up 100 feet from the base signifies the Centennial of the RTAF Founding Fathers' Aviation."
F-86F 1st generation fighter
F-5A 2nd generation fighter
F-5E 3rd generation fighter
F-16A 4th generation fighter
From the information sign at the base of the 'pedestal' of the F-5E:
"Northrop F-5E Tiger II - the 3rd generation fighter - with fire-control radar was commissioned in 1978 at Squadron 102, Wing 1, Korat Air Base and for national security and border defence; and saw its vicious role in Chong Bok and Rom Kiao campaigns."
Type: Single Seat Fighter
Maximum Speed: Mach 1.63
Some mapping shows that this is in the entry to the Royal Thai Air Force Academy, Don Mueang.
Visited: 8am Tuesday, 22 December, 2015
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