Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is a base of the Royal Thai Air Force. It is located in in central Thailand, located approximately 157 miles northeast of Bangkok and about 5 miles south of Nakhon Ratchasima, the third largest city in Thailand. During the 1980s and early 1990s, the airfield was jointly operated as a civil airport for Nakhon Ratchasima. This was ended with the opening of Nakhon Ratchasima Airport in the early 1990s. Korat RTAFB is the home of the 1st RTAF Wing, consisting of 3 squadrons. The airfield has a single 9,800 + foot runway with a single, full-length parallel taxiway. 102 Squadron flies 15 F-16A-15ADF and 1 F-16B-15ADF Fighting Falcon air defense airplanes acquired from the USAF and delivered to the RTAF in 2003 and 2004.These airplanes were acquired under the code name Peace Naresuan IV. 103 Squadron flies 8 F-16A and 4 F-16B acquired under the code name Peace Naresuan 1,5 F-16A under the code name Peace Naresuan 11,3 F-16A and 4 F-16B acquired from the Republic of Singapore Air Force and delivered in late 2004. All F-16s are the block 15 version.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131700743
• ISBN-10: 6131700745
• Artikelnr.: 29820795