Royal Thai Air Force Museum

The National Aviation Museum of the Royal Thai Air Force () is located in Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base in Don Mueang district, Bangkok, Thailand. It is located on the Phahonyothin Road just to the south of Wing 6 of the domestic terminal of the Don Mueang Airport. It has been served by the Royal Thai Air Force Museum BTS station since 16 December 2020.

Overview

The museum was established in 1952 to collect, preserve and restore various airplanes and other aviation equipment used by the Royal Thai Air Force. In addition to one F11C and other rare aircraft, the museum's collection also includes one of only two surviving Japanese Tachikawa Ki-36 trainers, the last surviving Vought O2U Corsair, one of three surviving Curtiss BF2C Goshawks, a Spitfire and several Nieuports and Breguets.

The museum provides details of Thailand's role in World War II. Imperial Japanese forces landed at various points in Thailand on 8 December 1941, and after resisting for one day, the Thai forces were ordered to cease fire and allow Japanese forces to pass through the kingdom. The Thai government of Field Marshal Pibun Songkram would also declare war on both Britain and the United States in January 1942 (though the declaration was never delivered to the US by the Thai ambassador), and Thailand remained technically a Japanese ally until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, despite the existence of a large anti-Japanese underground. The museum contains several paintings of Thai fighter aircraft intercepting attacking US B-29s, P-38s and P-51s.

Renovation Since 2012, the Royal Thai Air Force Museum has received basic repair. In 2020 the Royal Thai Air Force Museum renovated the Air Force Museum building area to prepare for the Royal Thai Air Force Academic Seminar 2020. The objectives of the renovation is to create an understanding of the RTAF Strategic Direction / Position, which recognizes the national defense industry in accordance with government policy which will lead to concrete Thailand 4.0 and raise awareness in the development of Sustainable and Smart Air Force with transparency and also enhance knowledge in every dimension (All Domains) in the development of the Air Force and listen to opinions from relevant parties to be a guideline for mobilization of national forces For the development of the Air Force.

Aircraft on display Thai TypeForeign ModelRTAF Serial NumberAttacker Type 3 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver J3-4/94Attacker Type 4 Fairey Firefly J4-11/94Attacker Type 5 Rockwell OV-10C Bronco J5-10/14Attacker Type 6 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly J6-12/15Attacker Type 6 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly J6-13/15Bomber Type 1 Breguet 14 ReplicaBomber Type 2 Boripatra ...Cargo Type 1 Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor ...Cargo Type 2 Douglas C-47 Skytrain ...Cargo Type 4 Fairchild C-123B Provider L4-6/07Cargo Type 11 Boeing 737 L11-1/26Communications Type 1 Fairchild 24 ...Fighter Type 7 Boeing Model 100E ...Fighter Type 10 Curtiss Hawk III ...Fighter Type 11 Curtiss Hawk 75N ...Fighter Type 14 Supermarine Spitfire XIV Kh14-1/93Fighter Type 15 Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat Kh15-178/98Fighter Type 16 Republic F-84G Thunderjet Kh16-06/99Fighter Type 17 North American F-86F Sabre Kh17-10/04Fighter Type 17A North American F-86L Sabre Kh17k-5/06Fighter Type 18 Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter N/AFighter Type 18 Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter Kh18-13/17Fighter and Observation Type 18 Northrop RF-5A Freedom Fighter TKh18-3/13Fighter Type 18B Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter Kh18k-1/09Helicopter Type 1 Westland WS-51 Dragonfly H1-4/96Helicopter Type 1A Sikorsky YR-5A H1k-1/96Helicopter Type 2A Hiller UH-12B Raven H2k-4/96Helicopter Type 3 Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw H3-3/97Helicopter Type 4 Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw ...Helicopter Type 4A Sikorsky S-58T H4k-64/30Helicopter Type 5 Kaman HH-43B Huskie H5-2/05Helicopter Type 6 Bell UH-1H Iroquois ...Helicopter Type 6A Bell 212 ...Helicopter Type 6B Bell 412 ...Helicopter Type 6C Bell 412SP ...Helicopter Type 6D Bell 412EP ...Helicopter Type 7 Bell OH-13H Sioux H7-9/15Helicopter Type 8 Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III H8-01/38Helicopter Type 9 Eurocopter AS-332L-2 Super Puma II ...Liaison Type 3 Piper L-4 S3-4/90Liaison Type 4 Stinson L-5 Sentinel S4-10/90Liaison Type 5 Beechcraft Bonanza 35 ...Liaison Type 6 Grumman G-44A Widgeon ...Mapping Helicopter Type 1 Bell 206B JetRanger ...Mapping Helicopter Type 2 Kawasaki KH-4 ...Observation and Attacker Type 1 Vought V-93S ...Observation Type 2 Cessna O-1A Bird Dog T2-27/15Observation Type 2 Cessna O-1E Bird Dog T2-29/15Trainer Type 6 Tachikawa Ki-55 ...Trainer Type 8 North American T-6F Texan F8-99/94Trainer Type 8 North American T-6G Texan ...Trainer Type 9 de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk ...Trainer Type 10 de Havilland Tiger Moth ...Trainer Type 11 Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star F11-23/13Trainer and Observation Type 11 Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star TF11-5/10Trainer and Observation Type 11 Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star TF11-8/13Trainer and Attacker Type 13 North American T-28 Trojan JF13-106/14Trainer Type 17 RTAF-4 F17-3/17Trainer Type 18 RFB Fantrainer F18-01/27Trainer Type 18 RFB Fantrainer F18k-15/32Utility Type 1 Helio U-10B Courier ...N/A Breguet Type III ReplicaN/A Douglas A-1 Skyraider N/AN/A Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 N/A... Pazmany PL-2 ...... RTAF-2 ...... RTAF-5 ...

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Royal Thai Air Force Museum

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