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Cope Tiger trilateral exercise in full swing
Readiness and continued development of multilateral interoperability remains a key priority for allies and partners participating in Cope Tiger 12, a field training and large force air employment exercise that began here Mar. 12. During the two-week exercise, more than 1,600 combined service members and civilians from the U.S., Thailand and Republic of Singapore aim [...]
Bell to Refurbish Royal Thai Army 212 Series Helicopters
Bell Helicopter announced today it received a contract to modify and refurbish eight Royal Thai Army Bell 212 helicopters. Bell Helicopter Asia will work with Bell Helicopter’s independent representative Royal Airport Services on this in-country program. “Modifying and refurbishing these Bell 212s will provide the Royal Thai Army improved mission capabilities,” said Danny Maldonado, senior [...]
Cobra Gold 2012 to Promote Partnership, Interoperability
Cobra Gold, the United States’ longest-standing military exercise in the Pacific, kicks off this weekend, bringing together more than 10,000 members of the U.S. and six other militaries to focus on interoperability and multinational coordination and training. Almost 7,000 U.S. service members, most of them Marines from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, will participate in [...]
US Navy expects to base combat ships in Singapore
The United States, facing a rising China but a tighter budget, expects to station several combat ships in Singapore and may step up deployments to the Philippines and Thailand, a naval officer said. The United States has been increasingly vocal about defending freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, where tensions over territorial disputes [...]
Royal Thai Navy Trains with US Navy
Officers with the Royal Thai Navy’s Helicopter Anti-Surface Warfare Squadron (HS) 2 participated in a joint training exercise with USS George Washington’s (CVN 73) HS-14 Aug. 5 & 10. Both squadrons conducted anti-surface warfare (ASW) training on dipping sonar capabilities and search-and-rescue (SAR) techniques during these exercises. “We began training with HS-14 to learn how [...]
MH-60S Helicopters Headed to Thailand in First International Delivery
Two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters flew into the Port of Baltimore headed to the Royal Thai Navy, marking the first delivery of the MH-60 to an international customer. The U.S. Navy flew the aircraft from Owego, N.Y., to the Port of Baltimore, Md., ahead of their ocean voyage to Thailand. The aircraft were acquired via the [...]
Saab to Upgrade Thai Frigates
The defence and security company Saab has received two orders from the Royal Thai Navy for the upgrading of combat management and fire control systems on two frigates of the Naresuan class. The total contract amount is MSEK 454. The contracts involve upgrading the frigates with the latest generation of combat management and fire control [...]
Thailand pulls out of truce talks with Cambodia
Thailand pulled out of planned ceasefire talks with Cambodia Wednesday in a setback to efforts to end heavy border fighting that has left 14 people dead, including one civilian. Hopes of a truce had grown after the two countries announced a day earlier that their defence ministers would meet for discussions aimed at ending the [...]
First Flight for Thai Gripen Jets
The Royal Thai Air Force has now commenced flights from the new Gripen base in Surat Thani in southern Thailand. The first flight on the morning of 15 March was completed by Squadron Commander Jackkrit Thammavichai, with Claes Wikström from the Swedish Air Force sitting in the rear seat of the Gripen D. The first [...]
